A man has been found guilty of raping and murdering his ex-fiancee at a five-star luxury hotel in Surrey.
James Cartwright, 61, was convicted of rape and murder by a jury at Guildford Crown Court, who also found him not guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour.
Samantha Mickleburgh, 54, was found dead in a twin room at the exclusive Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey, on the morning of April 14 last year.
The mother-of-two, from Axminster in Devon, had agreed to stay in a twin room with Cartwright - her former fiance - because she 'didn't want him to feel lonely' on his birthday, the jury was told.
He phoned 999 at around 8.30am the next morning claiming he had discovered her dead beside him in bed.
