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| Police are preparing to search a field in Leicestershire where they believe the body of their chief suspect in a murder inquiry may be buried. | Police are preparing to search a field in Leicestershire where they believe the body of their chief suspect in a murder inquiry may be buried. |
| James Brodie has been missing since Marian Bates was shot during a bungled raid at her Nottingham jewellery shop in September 2003. | |
| Peter Williams, of no fixed address, was found guilty of Mrs Bates' murder in March 2005. | |
| His trial jury heard the man who fired the fatal shot had never been found. | His trial jury heard the man who fired the fatal shot had never been found. |
| Stafford Crown Court was told that Williams and the gunman entered the store wearing crash helmets on 30 September 2003. | Stafford Crown Court was told that Williams and the gunman entered the store wearing crash helmets on 30 September 2003. |
| Gregory Dickinson QC, prosecuting, told the trial that Williams was one of the robbers, but not the man who pulled the trigger. | Gregory Dickinson QC, prosecuting, told the trial that Williams was one of the robbers, but not the man who pulled the trigger. |
| "The identity of the gunman remains uncertain. There is some evidence that it was a man called James Brodie but he has disappeared and cannot be found," the jury was told. | "The identity of the gunman remains uncertain. There is some evidence that it was a man called James Brodie but he has disappeared and cannot be found," the jury was told. |
| Speaking after the guilty verdict was returned, Det Supt Frame said Mr Brodie could have been killed. | Speaking after the guilty verdict was returned, Det Supt Frame said Mr Brodie could have been killed. |
| He said: "We have information and intelligence that would suggest that he has been murdered." | He said: "We have information and intelligence that would suggest that he has been murdered." |