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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. | 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. | 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. | Prout, of Redmarley, Gloucestershire, will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Monday and has been told to expect a life sentence. |
| After the hearing, his victim's family appealed to Prout to reveal where he had hidden the body. Mrs Prout disappeared in November 2007. | |
| The three-week trial had heard that before her disappearance 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. | Prout, who has become a father with his fiancee Debbie Garlick since Mrs Prout's disappearance, was motionless as the verdict was read out. |
| 'Big relief' | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | "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." | "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." |
| The jury heard Mrs Prout confronted her husband with an increased divorce demand on 5 November 2007, the day before she went missing. | |
| The couple, who married in 2000, were living in Redhill Farm, in Redmarley, a 276-acre property valued at £1.2m. | |
| Prout offered his wife a settlement of £600,000, but after discussion with accountants she decided to demand £800,000. | |
| Crown prosecutor Paul Dunkels told the jury Mrs Prout had a "volatile personality". | |
| He said: "This was reflective in the character of her relationship with the defendant." |