David Swain

Former shop owner David Swain Diving, 53 Jamestown, wearing a wool jacket and tie, looked straight ahead as the verdict was read after sensational trial has heard that category killed Shelley Tire pursue a sexual relationship with another woman and take her hand for money wife.

Tire drowning near a sinking isolated at a depth of 80 feet originally ruled an accident, but authorities in the British Virgin Islands Swain charged with murder after a 2006 civil trial in Rhode Island was responsible for the death of his wife. The jury awarded the family Tire $ 3,5 million, but Swain filed for bankruptcy and has paid the amount.

A judge is expected to sentence Swain 4 November. He faces life in prison on the hill in prison suffocation Tortola, where he was held for about two years.

After obtaining permission from the court after the verdict, the father of the murdered woman, Richard Tire, went to the witness stand and grabbed a microphone with trembling hand.

“We’re old, we are in our 80s, was killed when Shelley, our lives almost complete,” he said in a broken voice.

A few minutes later gave another emotional statement to reporters in court, where children in school uniforms and looked chickens pecking the ground. Tire said he felt “very well that people like David Swain will not be able to hurt any more women.”

The nine jurors had four hours to produce a verdict in accordance with local legislation. Although only seven majority vote was required, the Supreme Court Indra Hariprashad Charles asked the seven women and two men issued a unanimous decision after giving the sum of three hours from the case, they did.

Defense lawyer Timothy Bradl, the Boston-based firm Denner Pellegrino, said the verdict will be appealed to the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean. He said the defense team pointed out several problems during the summation of the court, but gives no details.

Swain two adult children, who attended every day of trial for three weeks, breathed heavily after the verdict was read and embraced their father quietly Gaunt, before it was escorted out.

“My father is innocent,” Jeremy Swain told reporters after U.S. television network, his voice thick with emotion. Children Swain expressed his disappointment with the proceedings and tires.