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| Wife and lover guilty of murder | Wife and lover guilty of murder |
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| The wife of a County Armagh man killed nearly three years ago and her lover have been found guilty of his murder. | The wife of a County Armagh man killed nearly three years ago and her lover have been found guilty of his murder. |
| A jury at Armagh Crown Court found Jacqueline Crymble, 35, and Roger Ferguson, 31, guilty of killing Paul Crymble, 35, from Richill. | |
| Colin Robinson, a friend of Mr Ferguson, was cleared of murder, but found guilty of assisting an offender. | Colin Robinson, a friend of Mr Ferguson, was cleared of murder, but found guilty of assisting an offender. |
| Ferguson's mother, Dawn, was found guilty of perverting justice by giving her son a false alibi. | Ferguson's mother, Dawn, was found guilty of perverting justice by giving her son a false alibi. |
| The father-of-two was suffocated on 20 June, 2004. | |
| The jury had heard four months of evidence during the trial and took just under three-and-a half hours to reach their verdicts. | The jury had heard four months of evidence during the trial and took just under three-and-a half hours to reach their verdicts. |
| Mrs Crymble claimed four masked men broke into the family home on the Ballybrae Road near Richill looking for drugs and money before attacking and kidnapping her husband. | Mrs Crymble claimed four masked men broke into the family home on the Ballybrae Road near Richill looking for drugs and money before attacking and kidnapping her husband. |
| Ferguson had claimed he was at home in bed that night while Colin Robinson said he saw the two lovers attacking Mr Crymble in the hallway. | Ferguson had claimed he was at home in bed that night while Colin Robinson said he saw the two lovers attacking Mr Crymble in the hallway. |
| Speaking outside the court, Mr Crymble's mother, Shirley, thanked the jury for its guilty verdict. | |
| "There is not a day goes by that I don't think of my dear son and what has happened," she said. | |
| "There is not a day goes by that I don't think of his two loving children Danielle and Adam who have been robbed of a father." | |
| Jacqueline Crymble's sister, Nicola Cree, who was also in court, told reporters outside the building that her sister had got what she deserved. | |
| "I don't have a sister she is dead as far as I am concerned," she said. | |
| "I never thought she was capable of such a thing, but justice has been done and I hope now that he can rest in peace." |