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| Ali Qazimaj guilty of murdering Peter and Sylvia Stuart | Ali Qazimaj guilty of murdering Peter and Sylvia Stuart |
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| A man who tried to claim he was the victim of mistaken identity has been convicted of murdering a couple. | A man who tried to claim he was the victim of mistaken identity has been convicted of murdering a couple. |
| Ali Qazimaj was found guilty of killing Peter and Sylvia Stuart who disappeared from their home in Weybread, Suffolk. | Ali Qazimaj was found guilty of killing Peter and Sylvia Stuart who disappeared from their home in Weybread, Suffolk. |
| The body of Mr Stuart, 75, was found in a nearby stream last June, but Mrs Stuart, 69, has yet to be found. | The body of Mr Stuart, 75, was found in a nearby stream last June, but Mrs Stuart, 69, has yet to be found. |
| Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, was convicted at Ipswich Crown Court, after claiming during his trial he was actually called Vital Dapi. | Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, was convicted at Ipswich Crown Court, after claiming during his trial he was actually called Vital Dapi. |
| The defendant also told the court he had never been to the UK, before being arrested in Luxembourg in July and extradited. | |
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| But the court heard debt-ridden Qazimaj had killed the couple for money and then fled the country, catching a ferry from Dover. | |
| Five grey hairs matching Mrs Stuart's DNA profile were found in the car he left behind. | Five grey hairs matching Mrs Stuart's DNA profile were found in the car he left behind. |
| The Stuarts were last seen alive on CCTV footage taken at Goodies Farm Shop in Pulham Market, Norfolk, on 29 May. They were reported missing five days later, and Mr Stuart's body was found on the same day. | |
| He had nine stab wounds, eight of which the court heard could have been fatal. | |
| The court heard that Qazimaj worked as a carer for a relative of the Stuarts by marriage, Sidney Paxman. | |
| Prosecuting, Kharim Khalil QC had told the court that Mr Paxman had described the Stuarts as "millionaires". | |
| This attracted Qazimaj, who had accrued gambling debts and had "started borrowing heavily" from Mr Paxman. | |
| Giving evidence during the trial via videolink, Mr Paxman, 88, said Qazimaj had confessed to doing "something bad" during a conversation on 3 June. | |
| The couple's daughter, Christy Paxman gasped and cried as the verdicts were given in court. | |
| Qazimaj is due to be sentenced on Tuesday. | Qazimaj is due to be sentenced on Tuesday. |