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Landowner murdered missing wife | Landowner murdered missing wife |
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A wealthy landowner has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife. | |
Adrian Prout, 47, had denied murdering his 55-year-old wife Kate, whose body has never been found. | |
Prout, of Redmarley, Gloucestershire, will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Monday and has been told to expect a life sentence. | |
The three-week trial had heard that before Mrs Prout's disappearance in November 2007 she had asked her husband for a divorce. | |
Prout, who has become a father with his fiancee Debbie Garlick since Mrs Prout's disappearance, was motionless as the verdict was read out. | |
Mrs Prout's family, including her brother Richard Wakefield, and Ms Garlick all burst into tears after the jury returned a majority verdict of 10 to one. | |
After the verdict, Mr Wakefield, 59, from Lypiatt, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, appealed to Prout to reveal where he had hidden Mrs Prout's body. | |
He said: "Nothing will bring Kate back to us, but we are pleased that justice has been done. | |
"It is a big relief that the trial has ended with this verdict and this will go some way towards allowing us to move forward. | |
"We would, however, appeal to Adrian to tell us what happened to Kate and where she is because we would like to lay her to rest and say our goodbyes." |