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Guilty verdict for Cairns man who killed wife and dissolved her in acid
Prosecution argued that Klaus Andres committed the murder so his mistress could move in with himAustralian Associated Press
Thu 12 Dec 2013 05.46 GMT
A Cairns man who admitted dissolving his wife's body in acid has been found guilty of her murder.
Klaus Andres, 70, had pleaded guilty to interfering with Li Ping Cao's corpse by dissolving her body in a wheelie bin he filled with acid.
But he had denied intentionally killing her, saying he pushed her during an argument, causing her to fall and die suddenly.
The Supreme Court jury only retired to consider its verdict late on Wednesday.
On Thursday they found Andres guilty of murdering his 42-year-old wife in October 2011 at the couple's home in Cairns.
Cao's friends and family sobbed and yelled "Li Ping" after the verdict was read out.
Andres showed no emotion and looked down at his clasped hands as his fate was sealed. He will be sentenced later on Thursday.
Cao was killed at the couple's Cairns home on October 30, 2011, and was later reported missing by her friends.
Andres told police and his wife's friends that Cao had left him and had probably moved to China.
He was arrested in late November 2011.
Prosecutors argued during the trial that Andres' actions before and after his wife's death prove that he murdered her. They claimed he killed her so his Thai mistress could move in with him.
In the days after his wife's death Andres bought hydrochloric acid and poured it into a wheelie bin containing her body.
He later poured the contents down a storm drain outside his house in the suburb of Brinsmead.
Only Cao's prosthetic teeth were recovered by investigators.
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