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Jasvir Ginday guilty of murdering wife to hide his sexuality | Jasvir Ginday guilty of murdering wife to hide his sexuality |
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A bank worker has been found guilty of murdering his wife in a bid to stop her revealing his homosexuality. | |
Jasvir Ram Ginday, 29, from Walsall, attacked Varkha Rani at their home with a metal pipe from a vacuum cleaner. | |
He strangled her then burnt her body in a garden incinerator, telling a neighbour he had set fire to rubbish, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard. | |
Ginday had struggled "being a gay man in a straight world," Judge John Warner told the court during his summing up. | Ginday had struggled "being a gay man in a straight world," Judge John Warner told the court during his summing up. |
The jury of seven women and five men took about 17 hours to find Ginday guilty of murder after a three-week trial. He will be sentenced later on Friday. | |
Ginday, of Victory Lane, had flown to attend his arranged wedding to Varkha, 24, from India, at a lavish ceremony attended by up to 700 guests in 2013. | |
But he had told a friend he was attracted to men as early as 2008, said prosecutor Deborah Gould. | |
In August, six months after the ceremony, Varkha arrived in the UK to join her husband and live together in the matrimonial home. | In August, six months after the ceremony, Varkha arrived in the UK to join her husband and live together in the matrimonial home. |
But on 12 September, university graduate and IT specialist Ginday - who had been preparing to take up a job with the Financial Ombudsman Service in London - had a row with his new wife and killed her. | |
During the trial, Ginday had alleged his wife had threatened to "expose" him as a homosexual to family and friends. | During the trial, Ginday had alleged his wife had threatened to "expose" him as a homosexual to family and friends. |
Although he admitted manslaughter and perverting the course of justice, he denied planning to kill his wife. |