"Robert Rhodes, 52, killed his wife, Dawn, in the kitchen of their family home in 2016. The attack followed the breakdown of their marriage, exacerbated by his discovery of her affair with a colleague. Rhodes meticulously planned the crime, involving their child, who was under the age of 10, in his scheme. In the aftermath, he fabricated a story, alleging he inflicted the fatal wound during a self-defence struggle."
"This deception initially proved successful, resulting in his acquittal for 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."
"At Inner London Crown Court on Friday, Rhodes will be jailed for life when he is sentenced by Mrs Justice Ellenbogen. As well as the murder conviction, Rhodes was also found guilty of two counts of perjury for false evidence at his Old Bailey trial and in the Family Courts in 2018, perverting the course of justice, and child cruelty."
Robert Rhodes, 52, fatally stabbed his wife Dawn in the kitchen of their Redhill, Surrey home on June 2, 2016, amid a breakdown of their marriage after he discovered her affair. He involved their child, under ten, in a premeditated plan and later falsely claimed the fatal wound was inflicted in a self-defence struggle. A 999 call from the child reported an attack that evening. Rhodes was acquitted of murder at the Old Bailey in 2017 but four years later the child told a therapist they had been manipulated to support Rhodes' lies. A double jeopardy retrial led to guilty verdicts for murder, two counts of perjury, perverting the course of justice and child cruelty, and a life sentence is to be imposed by Mrs Justice Ellenbogen.
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