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| Man guilty of police wife murder | Man guilty of police wife murder |
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| The husband of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri has been found guilty of her murder. | The husband of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri has been found guilty of her murder. |
| Fadi Nasri, 34, was accused of organising the killing of the 29-year-old, who was stabbed outside their London home in May 2006. | Fadi Nasri, 34, was accused of organising the killing of the 29-year-old, who was stabbed outside their London home in May 2006. |
| The Old Bailey heard Mr Nasri wanted her dead to pay off debts with his wife's £350,000 life insurance policy, and because he was having an affair. | The Old Bailey heard Mr Nasri wanted her dead to pay off debts with his wife's £350,000 life insurance policy, and because he was having an affair. |
| Two other men have also been found guilty of her murder at the Old Bailey. | Two other men have also been found guilty of her murder at the Old Bailey. |
| The prosecution said Mr Nasri hired drug dealer Rodger Leslie to organise the killing and he recruited Jason Jones as the knifeman. | |
| DCI Nick Scola: 'This crime was the ultimate betrayal' | DCI Nick Scola: 'This crime was the ultimate betrayal' |
| Leslie and Jones were found guilty by the jury who were directed to return a majority 10-2 verdict on Wednesday after more than 26 hours of deliberations. | Leslie and Jones were found guilty by the jury who were directed to return a majority 10-2 verdict on Wednesday after more than 26 hours of deliberations. |
| A fourth defendant, Tony Emmanuel, was cleared of murder. | A fourth defendant, Tony Emmanuel, was cleared of murder. |
| Nasri, who ran a limousine-hiring business, arranged for his wife to be at their home in Wembley, north-west London on her own, where she bled to death after being stabbed in the upper groin with her own 13-inch kitchen knife. | |
| Afterwards Nasri publicly appealed for information about his wife's death. | Afterwards Nasri publicly appealed for information about his wife's death. |
| But within weeks he was secretly visiting his mistress, Lithuanian prostitute Laura Mockiene, who he had been having an affair with. | |
| He later moved into the flat he was already renting for Ms Mockiene and sold his marital home for £410,000. | He later moved into the flat he was already renting for Ms Mockiene and sold his marital home for £410,000. |
| 'Courageous wife' | |
| Nasri told the court he was paying Miss Mockiene, for sex and had begun an affair with her three months before his Mrs Patel-Nasri's death. | |
| But he told the court the affair had nothing to do with the murder, saying his wife was unaware of it and he loved his wife "very much". | |
| Leslie (l) and Jones were hired to kill Nisha | |
| He also dismissed allegations of being heavily in debt and said both his limousine-hire business and his wife's hairdressing business were doing well. | |
| Nasri said his "courageous" wife had stood up to knife-wielding attackers on two previous occasions. | |
| Det Ch Insp Nick Scola described Nasri's actions as "the final betrayal". | Det Ch Insp Nick Scola described Nasri's actions as "the final betrayal". |
| "Nisha was an innocent and loving wife who was murdered so that her unfaithful and selfish husband could lead a luxury lifestyle with his younger mistress," he added. | "Nisha was an innocent and loving wife who was murdered so that her unfaithful and selfish husband could lead a luxury lifestyle with his younger mistress," he added. |
| Nasri was remanded into custody along with Leslie, 38, of Barnet, north London and Jones, 36, of Manor Park, east London. | |
| The three will be sentenced on 20 June. |