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Jurors convicted the 49-year-old father-of-three after nearly two weeks of harrowing, emotional and overwhelming evidence against him.

John Lizanec has denied moving his wife's body into an airing cupboard, where police say they later found her.

John Lizanec, 49, stepped into the witness box on day seven of his murder trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

A necklace with a religious cross was found underneath the body of ‘murdered’ Michelle Lizanec, a jury has heard.

PC Tony Abbott told the High Court in Edinburgh he was tasked with carrying out “constant observation” of John Lizanec following his arrest

Jurors heard murder accused John Lizanec said to Detective Constable Kirsty Watson: “I need to face up to what I’ve done.”

The body of Michelle Lizanec was discovered by police after they forced entry to her former marital home in Orchard Way, Inchture.

Officers descended on a bungalow in Dundee, hours after John Lizanec’s wife Michelle was found dead at her former marital home in Inchture.

Michelle Lizanec made a series of audio recordings of her husband John in the months leading up to her death.

Murder accused John Lizanec's daughter has told his murder trial about the 'toxic' relationship between him and her dead mother.