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| Charlotte Murray: Johnny Miller guilty of murdering former fiancee | Charlotte Murray: Johnny Miller guilty of murdering former fiancee |
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| A Tyrone man has been found guilty of the "cold, calculating murder" of his ex-fiancee seven years ago. | |
| The body of Charlotte Murray, 34, from Omagh, has never been found. | The body of Charlotte Murray, 34, from Omagh, has never been found. |
| However, in a unanimous decision, a jury found Johnny Miller, from Redford Park in Dungannon, killed her between 31 October and 2 November 2012. | However, in a unanimous decision, a jury found Johnny Miller, from Redford Park in Dungannon, killed her between 31 October and 2 November 2012. |
| Afterwards, Charlotte' s identical twin sister Denise read a statement outside court appealing for Miller to let the family know where her body is. | |
| "We still don't have Charlotte back," she said. | |
| "We are now appealing to Mr Miller to do the decent thing, the honourable thing and let us know where Charlotte is so we can bring her home." | |
| The 48-year-old chef had been engaged to Ms Murray and was the last person to see her alive. | The 48-year-old chef had been engaged to Ms Murray and was the last person to see her alive. |
| Miller shook his head as the judge told him he was sentencing him to life in prison. | Miller shook his head as the judge told him he was sentencing him to life in prison. |
| A further hearing will take place next month to set a minimum term. | A further hearing will take place next month to set a minimum term. |
| Members of Ms Murray's family, including her mother and twin sister, who had been in court throughout the trial, cried and hugged each other. | |
| Miller had insisted throughout the four-week trial at Dungannon Crown Court that he did not kill Ms Murray and he did not believe she was dead. | Miller had insisted throughout the four-week trial at Dungannon Crown Court that he did not kill Ms Murray and he did not believe she was dead. |
| 'Murderous rage' | 'Murderous rage' |
| However, the prosecution said the strands of circumstantial evidence pointed to Ms Murray being dead and that Miller had murdered her. | However, the prosecution said the strands of circumstantial evidence pointed to Ms Murray being dead and that Miller had murdered her. |
| The lawyer alleged Miller had done so in a "murderous rage" because he had been "lied to, betrayed and cuckolded" and on the morning of her disappearance she had emailed him explicit images of her with his friend. | The lawyer alleged Miller had done so in a "murderous rage" because he had been "lied to, betrayed and cuckolded" and on the morning of her disappearance she had emailed him explicit images of her with his friend. |
| He had searched the internet for pawn shops to sell their engagement ring, however this was shown to have been several minutes before he had received the explicit images. | He had searched the internet for pawn shops to sell their engagement ring, however this was shown to have been several minutes before he had received the explicit images. |
| Miller's evidence she had left to start a new life in Belfast had been described as "riddled with inconsistencies, inaccuracies and downright lies". | Miller's evidence she had left to start a new life in Belfast had been described as "riddled with inconsistencies, inaccuracies and downright lies". |
| His attempts to "lay a false trail" that Ms Murray was alive had been exposed, according to the prosecution, by mobile telephone and computer data. | His attempts to "lay a false trail" that Ms Murray was alive had been exposed, according to the prosecution, by mobile telephone and computer data. |
| The prosecution said this had revealed Mr Miller had used Ms Murray's phone to send text messages during the two weeks after her disappearance and he had posted a message on her Facebook account saying she had to leave. | The prosecution said this had revealed Mr Miller had used Ms Murray's phone to send text messages during the two weeks after her disappearance and he had posted a message on her Facebook account saying she had to leave. |
| The data showed Ms Murray's phone had connected to mobile phone cell sites covering the area of Roxborough Heights in Moy - where the couple lived - and had never travelled to Belfast after the time she went missing. | The data showed Ms Murray's phone had connected to mobile phone cell sites covering the area of Roxborough Heights in Moy - where the couple lived - and had never travelled to Belfast after the time she went missing. |