Robert Hammond, of Histon, near Cambridge, topped up the couple's life insurance payments despite defaulting on other financial commitments before strangling Sian shortly after they had sex.
Robert Hammond strangled his wife Sian Hammond to death after they had sexA 'greedy' mortgage broker who killed his wife at their £1.2 million home to pay off a 'surging mountain of debt' was convicted of her murder today.
'While the Hammonds were no doubt very wealthy, with numerous properties, and were held in high regard by many, the defendant found himself in a hole, not just about the debt and money but the status that brought them,' prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said while opening the case last month.'From the outside, Sian and the defendant were a happy couple with two children, living in an affluent part of the city, and had a lot going for them.
But this was the first step in covering up the injuries she received when she was strangled, the prosecutor said, describing it as 'part of his façade, his act playing the grieving and anxious husband'. There was also pinprick haemorrhaging to her face and neck indicating there had been 'pressure to the neck'. Injuries to her hands suggested they were caused defending herself.Detectives found Hammond owed £200,000 to Legal and General and another large sum to HM Revenue and Customs.
Sian, 46, was principal and director of Lime Tree Financial Services based in Cambridge, while her husband, who denies murder, runs Hammonds Mortgage Services in Huntingdon. In his message, he said: 'I wanted you to hear from me that Sian passed away last night in her sleep. 'Yes, I think he said that,' she replied, adding it was not normal for him to discuss their sex lives.
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