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Man jailed for murdering wife after child revealed plot in rare retrial
Robert Rhodes was sentenced to life with at least 29.5 years after his child's testimony overturned his 2017 acquittal in a rare double jeopardy murder case.
- On January 16 at Inner London Crown Court, Robert Rhodes will be handed a life sentence, with Mrs Justice Ellenbogen deciding the minimum term before parole.
- The killing dates back to June 2, 2016 when Robert Rhodes murdered Dawn Rhodes in Redhill, Surrey after filing for divorce; his 2017 Old Bailey acquittal was quashed and the Crown Prosecution Service authorised a retrial following the child’s 2021 disclosure to a therapist and police.
- During the immediate aftermath, the youngster dialled 999 at 7.34pm; Rhodes claimed his wife attacked them, and he coached the child to tell Dawn to shut her eyes while hiding messages at his mother's house.
- As a result of the retrial, Rhodes has now been jailed for life at Inner London Crown Court, convicted last December of murder, two counts of perjury, perverting the course of justice, and child cruelty.
- The child said the trauma and forearm scar will never heal, Liz Spencer, Dawn Rhodes' mother, said she had waited nearly 10 years for this result, and the judge called Rhodes' actions `wicked and callous`.
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