David Newton, 70, is convicted of the 2013 murder of 86-year-old Una Crown after a month-long trial.
The body of Una Crown was found at her bungalow on Magazine Lane in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 13 January 2013. She had been stabbed four times and her throat had been cut.
Speaking after the verdict, Det Sgt Simon Oldfield, of the Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: "For more than a decade David Newton thought he had gotten away with this most horrendous crime, but today's result shows you cannot hide forever."David Newton was found guilty of murder on Thursday following a trial lasting more than three weeks
The court heard that three nail clippings taken from Mrs Crown's left hand had gone missing during that time, and defence barrister Henry Grunwald KC asked how jurors could be sure that "things done in a laboratory" had been done properly.Mr Grunwald said there had been " The judge in the case, the Honourable Mr Justice Neil Garnham, sent jurors out to deliberate the evidence on 6 February.Speaking outside court, Det Sgt Oldfield added: "Today we have finally secured justice for Una and her family, 12 years after her death.
"Vital evidence was retained from the 2013 crime scene which gave the crucial evidence breakthrough using a DNA testing technique not available in 2013." Following the conviction, Matthew Golby of the Crown Prosecution Service said: "For reasons only known to himself, inflicted truly horrendous injuries to Una Crown who should have been safe in her own home.
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