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| Man guilty over Carole Waugh murder | |
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| A man has been found guilty of murdering a woman who was stabbed in the neck in her flat in central London and her body hidden in a car boot. | |
| Carole Waugh, 50, was reported missing from her Marylebone home in May 2012. Her body was found in a rented garage in New Malden on 2 August. | |
| Rakesh Bhayani, 41, was found guilty of murder while Nicholas Kutner, 48, was cleared of the same charge. | |
| Sentencing will take place at the Old Bailey on Thursday. | |
| Escort claim | |
| Bhayani, from Wembley, had previously admitted conspiracy to defraud Ms Waugh and perverting the course of justice by concealing the death. | |
| Kutner, from Kentish Town, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by concealing the death. He had already admitted conspiracy to defraud. | |
| During the trial, prosecutors told the Old Bailey that "the evidence strongly suggests" Ms Waugh was stabbed in the neck at home on 16 April last year. | |
| It was said the 50-year-old was lonely and worked as an escort. | |
| A third defendant, Elie Khoury, 40, of Spring Street, Paddington, central London, was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud. | |
| Mr Justice Wilkie deferred sentencing to allow for Ms Waugh's family to attend. | |
| He said: "I am particularly aware that the family of Carole Waugh are not in attendance today and that it should be desirable that they should be present." |