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Man guilty of 'first date' murder Man guilty of 'first date' murder
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A fitness instructor has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering a businesswoman on their first date. A fitness instructor who claimed a woman fatally stabbed herself 31 times while on a first date with him has been found guilty of her murder.
Karl Taylor, 27, of Covent Garden, central London, had denied murdering Kate Beagley last May. Kate Beagley, a 32-year-old manager from Walton-on-Thames, in Surrey, was found with knife wounds to her head and neck in a wood in Hertfordshire.
Miss Beagley, a 32-year-old manager from Walton-on-Thames, in Surrey, was found with 31 stab wounds to her head and neck. At the Old Bailey, Karl Taylor, 27, of Covent Garden, central London, had denied murdering her last May.
Her naked body was discovered four days later, dumped in nettles in Oxhey Wood, Hertfordshire. Miss Beagley's naked body was found four days later dumped in Oxhey Wood.
Taylor claimed in court Miss Beagley, a manager at Centrica, committed suicide using a knife he dropped.Taylor claimed in court Miss Beagley, a manager at Centrica, committed suicide using a knife he dropped.
However, the prosecution told the court he went armed with the knife to murder Miss Beagley, as they sat on a park bench at a beauty spot overlooking the River Thames at Richmond.However, the prosecution told the court he went armed with the knife to murder Miss Beagley, as they sat on a park bench at a beauty spot overlooking the River Thames at Richmond.