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A man who plied his partner with cocaine and then fatally strangled her on the night she tried to leave him has been found guilty of murder.
Kieron Goodwin, 33, was convicted on Thursday at Bristol Crown Court of killing Olivia Wood in his flat in Frome, Somerset, on 30 July last year.
The jury heard that Goodwin had quickly turned controlling during their three-month relationship, and Ms Wood had been "deeply unhappy". On the night she died, she had packed her belongings into a suitcase and rucksack, suggesting she was preparing to leave, the court was told.
Judge Martin Picton thanked the jury for their work on an "utterly harrowing" case.
