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| Lake death husband loses appeal | Lake death husband loses appeal |
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| A man convicted of killing his wife at their French home and dumping her body in a lake has lost his appeal. | A man convicted of killing his wife at their French home and dumping her body in a lake has lost his appeal. |
| Robert Lund, 55, of Darwen, Lancashire, was originally jailed in October 2007 for 12 years for killing his wife Evelyn after a trial in Albi, France. | Robert Lund, 55, of Darwen, Lancashire, was originally jailed in October 2007 for 12 years for killing his wife Evelyn after a trial in Albi, France. |
| Mrs Lund went missing from the farmhouse they shared in the remote village of Rayssac in December 1999. Her decomposed body was found in 2001. | Mrs Lund went missing from the farmhouse they shared in the remote village of Rayssac in December 1999. Her decomposed body was found in 2001. |
| Lund denied responsibility, claiming her death was a "tragic accident". | Lund denied responsibility, claiming her death was a "tragic accident". |
| He has always maintained his innocence, saying that she drove into the lake after spending the evening with friends. | |
| Key evidence, he claimed, had been removed from the lake where his wife's body was found. | |
| A post-mortem examination on Mrs Lund's body failed to establish the cause of death but the prosecution alleged that her husband killed her and dumped her in the lake. | |
| Lund's retrial heard how the couple's relationship had become strained following their move to France in 1997, with Mrs Lund struggling to adjust to her new life and drinking heavily. |