Roy Whiting (42) has been found guilty of the murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne.
Whiting, formerly of St Augustine Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, was found guilty of kidnap and murder at Lewes Crown Court.
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Judge Mr Justice Richard Curtis
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Sarah was snatched from a country lane near her grandparents' home in Kingston Gorse, West Sussex, on July 1st last year. Her naked body was found in a shallow grave just off the A29 near Pulborough, West Sussex, 16 days later.
There were cheers of delight as the verdicts were read out by the foreman at Lewes Crown Court.
The jury of nine men and three women had been deliberating for nine hours and reached their verdicts unanimously.
As soon as the verdicts were declared, the court heard details of Whiting's previous conviction for the kidnap and indecent assault of a nine-year-old girl in 1995.
PA