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Murder trial about to start

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The murder trial of a husband accused of deliberately killing his wife is due to start this afternoon. Sally Marie Lawrence (47) was found dead after a Peugeot 406 she was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Gartree Road, Oadby, at 6.30 pm on October 6 last year. Iain Philip Lawrence (53), of Ratcliffe Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, denies murdering her. Mrs Lawrence was the managing director of a company, Clear Spill, in Oadby. She had a young son with the defendant and two daughters from a previous marriage. The jury of six men and six women were selected at Leicester Crown Court this morning. They are due to be sworn in this afternoon, before the prosecutor Nirmal Shant QC, opens the Crown's case. High Court Judge Mr Justice Leggatt is presiding over the trial, which is due to last three weeks.

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