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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. Alisdair Sinclair, 48, was convicted of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility but cleared of murder.
Alisdair Sinclair, 48, was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. After the verdict, Mrs Sinclair's step-father, Barry Alford, said she had "the biggest smile in the world".
He was cleared of murder at Winchester Crown Court. Reading a statement on behalf of his wife, Nikki, Mrs Sinclair's mother, Mr Alford said: "How anybody could do what he did to another human being, let alone someone he purported to love, I have no idea.
"He didn't just kill her, he annihilated her.
"My daughter was a wonderful ray of sunshine with the biggest smile in the world.
'Cut off head''Cut off head'
Sinclair, of Georgia Lane, Amport, had admitted he and his wife were involved in a knife fight in which she died. "This person blotted out that sunshine in the most disgusting and vile way for so many people who loved her.
Mrs Sinclair was killed in a "frenzied attack" on 16 August 2008, the court has been told. "To date he has shown no remorse for his actions so this verdict is extremely disappointing."
She had told her husband she did not love him anymore and wanted a divorce a few weeks before her death. At the time of her death, Mrs Sinclair was head of business analysis at the mobile phone firm's world headquarters near Newbury, Berkshire.
She was attacked by her husband of 21 years, who used several knives. During the trial, Winchester Crown Court heard Sinclair had been a house husband for almost 10 years while his wife worked.
The couple rented the secluded detached house in AmportThe couple rented the secluded detached house in Amport
His duties included domestic chores and looking after their four motorcycles and 13 cars, which he admitted he hardly ever drove.
The jury heard the couple's marriage had been strained for months over Sinclair's "controlling and reclusive behaviour" which had left his wife with no bank account of her own, despite being the breadwinner.
Sinclair, formerly 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 had been told.
She had told her husband she did not love him anymore and wanted a divorce a few weeks before her death.
The attack, which took place in the kitchen of the couple's home, was part-witnessed by children, the court heard.The attack, which took place in the kitchen of the couple's home, was part-witnessed by children, the court heard.
'Mentally ill'
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. Sinclair said the wounds inflicted on his wife were "beyond self defence" but he could not remember inflicting most of them.
He 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.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. During the trial the court heard that Sinclair was clinically depressed and had obsessive compulsive traits which led to excessive cleanliness and the hoarding of clothes, CDs and the buying of expensive sports cars.
By finding him guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility the jury accepted Sinclair was mentally ill and that substantially impaired his criminal culpability.
He will be sentenced on Friday.
Vodafone declined to comment.Vodafone declined to comment.