"Robert Rhodes, 52, killed his wife Dawn in their family home in Surrey in 2016 after their marriage broke down. As part of his plot to get rid of mummy, Rhodes had the child call 999 during which he said his wife had attacked him and their child with a knife. To back up his claims, Rhodes had stabbed himself and inflicted a cut on the child's arm."
"Rhodes, from Withleigh, Devon, has now been jailed for a minimum term of 29 years and six months following a rare double jeopardy trial at Inner London Crown Court, where he 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, killed his wife Dawn in their family home in Surrey in 2016 after their marriage broke down. Rhodes staged a 999 call involving their child and claimed the wife had attacked them with a knife. Rhodes stabbed himself and inflicted a cut on the child's arm to support the false account. Footage captured Rhodes's arrest. A rare double jeopardy trial at Inner London Crown Court convicted him of murder, two counts of perjury for false evidence given at earlier trials, perverting the course of justice, and child cruelty. He was sentenced to a minimum of 29 years and six months imprisonment.
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