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| A man has been convicted of killing his Vodafone executive wife after she admitted to having an affair. | A man has been convicted of killing his Vodafone executive wife after she admitted to having an affair. |
| Sally Sinclair, 40, was found with more than 30 stab wounds and "sawing wounds" to her neck at her home in Amport, Hampshire, in August 2008. | Sally Sinclair, 40, was found with more than 30 stab wounds and "sawing wounds" to her neck at her home in Amport, Hampshire, in August 2008. |
| At the time she was head of business analysis at the mobile phone firm's world headquarters near Newbury. | At the time she was head of business analysis at the mobile phone firm's world headquarters near Newbury. |
| Alisdair Sinclair, 48, was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Alisdair Sinclair, 48, was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| He was cleared of murder at Winchester Crown Court. | He was cleared of murder at Winchester Crown Court. |
| 'Cut off head' | |
| Sinclair, of Georgia Lane, Amport, had admitted he and his wife were involved in a knife fight in which she died. | Sinclair, of Georgia Lane, Amport, had admitted he and his wife were involved in a knife fight in which she died. |
| Mrs Sinclair was killed in a "frenzied attack" on 16 August 2008, the court has been told. | Mrs Sinclair was killed in a "frenzied attack" on 16 August 2008, the court has been told. |
| She had told her husband she did not love him anymore and wanted a divorce a few weeks before her death. | She had told her husband she did not love him anymore and wanted a divorce a few weeks before her death. |
| She was attacked by her husband of 21 years, who used several knives. | She was attacked by her husband of 21 years, who used several knives. |
| The couple rented the secluded detached house in Amport | |
| The attack, which took place in the kitchen of the couple's home, was part-witnessed by children, the court heard. | |
| Jurors had been told Sinclair attempted to cut off her head, cutting through her carotid artery and her spinal cord in what was described as a sawing action. | Jurors had been told Sinclair attempted to cut off her head, cutting through her carotid artery and her spinal cord in what was described as a sawing action. |
| Sinclair admitted the killing at the couple's luxury £1m rented home but said he had been attacked and stabbed by his wife and thought he was dying. | |
| He only suffered minor injuries to his hands, which the prosecution said were self-inflicted. | |
| The jury deliberated for seven hours before returning the verdict. He will be sentenced on Friday. | |
| Vodafone declined to comment. | |