00:00clifton george who had worked as an electrician on major projects such as crossrail and the northern line extension denied
00:08a murder charge arguing he had lost self-control when he punched throttled and ultimately stabbed his partner but by
00:16the end of the trial at snaresborough crown court
00:19the judge mr justice constable had ruled that his defense could not be relied on thanks to overwhelming evidence of
00:28george's short temper and a pattern of abuse directed towards miss rook the trial heard damning evidence that george despite
00:37his denials was an aggressive and bullying partner who was prone to angry outbursts over trivial matters
00:45miss rook a charity co-founder and the daughter of retired old bailey judge peter rook had vowed repeatedly to
00:54leave her volatile partner but tragically did not follow through on the promise before she was murdered on wednesday a
01:01jury found george guilty of murder after deliberating for two and a half hours george nodded slightly in the dock
01:09as the guilty verdict was delivered but showed little emotion
01:13while friends of miss rook broke down in tears in the public gallery police and firefighters rushed to the couple's
01:20home in dumont road in stoke newington at just before five a m on the seventeenth of june last year
01:28after an explosion
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