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Man guilty over Carole Waugh murder 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.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.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. Rakesh Bhayani, 41, who had been accused of taking about £1m of her assets, was convicted of murder.
Sentencing will take place at the Old Bailey on Thursday. Nicholas Kutner, 48, was cleared of the same charge at the Old Bailey.
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Bhayani, from Wembley, north-west London, had previously admitted conspiracy to defraud Ms Waugh and perverting the course of justice by concealing the death. Bhayani, from Wembley, north-west London, had previously admitted conspiracy to defraud Ms Waugh and perverting the course of justice by concealing her death.
Kutner, from Kentish Town, north London, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by concealing the death. He had already admitted conspiracy to defraud. Kutner, from Kentish Town, north London, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by concealing Ms Waugh's 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. Both men will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
The court heard the former oil company worker was lonely and worked as an escort. During the trial, prosecutors told the jury that "the evidence strongly suggests" Ms Waugh was stabbed in the neck at home on 16 April last year.
A third defendant, Elie Khoury, 40, of Spring Street, Paddington, central London, was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud. The court heard the former oil company worker was lonely and had been looking for love in the months before her death, as well as working as an escort.
Mr Justice Wilkie deferred sentencing to allow for Ms Waugh's family to attend. She considered Bhayani a friend and had visited him in prison, lending him about £40,000, the court heard.
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." A third defendant, Elie Khoury, told police that Bhayani was "all about fraud" and used to get money from Ms Waugh and at one point suddenly started getting much more.
Estate agent witness Amit Khagram told the court Bhayani owed him £17,000 and Ms Waugh owed him between £30,000 and £40,000, and said that after 16 April 2012 he was repaid.
Mr Khagram said he received text messages from Ms Waugh's phone arranging for the pair to meet near her flat to give him his money.
But each time he went he received a message from her mobile to say she could not see him but had instead given the cash to a friend, whom he then collected it from.
He said Bhayani told him Ms Waugh had moved out of London to care for her sick mother.
Mr Khoury, 40, of Spring Street, Paddington, central London, was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud.
Mr Justice Wilkie deferred sentencing to enable Ms Waugh's family to attend.
He said: "I am particularly aware that the family of Carole Waugh are not in attendance and that it should be desirable that they should be present."