- NEW: The trial in the eastern city of Hefei adjourns for the day without a verdict
- NEW: The defendants don't object to the prosecution's charges, a court official says
- Gu Kailai and a family aide are accused of murdering a British businessman
- Gu's husband, Bo Xilai, is a former top official who has been stripped of his posts
Hefei, China (CNN) -- Gu Kailai, the wife of a recently deposed top official in the Chinese Communist Party, raised no objections to the prosecution's charges in court Thursday that she and a family aide poisoned a British businessman last year, a court official said.
The closely watched trial, which took place Thursday under tight security in the eastern city of Hefei, adjourned in the afternoon without the announcement of a verdict, said Tang Yigan, deputy head of the Hefei Intermediate People's Court.
The trial phase is over and the verdict will be delivered at a later date, Tang said, without specifying when.
Gu and a family aide, Zhang Xiaojun, are accused of poisoning Neil Heywood, a British businessman who was found dead in the southwestern Chinese metropolis of Chongqing in November.
The trial is the latest phase in the fall from grace of the prominent family of Bo Xilai, Gu's husband, who until earlier this year had appeared destined to join the elite committee of leaders at the top of China's ruling party.
Timeline: Bo Xilai's fall from grace
The saga has become the most sensational Chinese political scandal in recent memory, creating an extraordinary set of challenges for the central government as it prepares for a once-in-a-decade leadership transition later this year.
CNN's Jaime A. Florcruz, Jethro Mullen, Jason Kessler and Matt Smith, and journalist Peter Shadbolt contributed to this report.
