"Robert Rhodes, 52, killed wife Dawn in the kitchen of their family home in 2016 as their marriage crumbled and he had discovered she had been having an affair with a work colleague. He planned the crime and roped their child, who was under the age of 10, into helping him. In the aftermath, Rhodes spun a web of lies while pretending he inflicted the fatal wound to his wife when she attacked him."
"The ploy worked, and he succeeded in being cleared of murder at his Old Bailey trial in 2017. But four years later, his child revealed the truth to a therapist, that they had been manipulated into supporting Rhodes' lies as part of his plan to "get rid of mummy". He faced a rare double jeopardy second murder trial and was found guilty by a jury in December last year, thanks to compelling new evidence from the child."
Robert Rhodes killed his wife Dawn in June 2016 at their home in Redhill, Surrey, amid a breakdown of their marriage after he filed for divorce. He planned the killing and involved their child, who was under ten, in staging injuries and supporting a false account that Dawn had attacked them. Rhodes was cleared of murder at the Old Bailey in 2017 after presenting that bogus defence. Four years later the child told a therapist the truth, triggering a rare double jeopardy retrial that led to Rhodes's conviction. He was also found guilty of perjury, perverting the course of justice, and child cruelty and refused to attend sentencing.
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