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An man has been convicted for a second time of murdering his wife.
Laxman Rajamani, a 36-year-old accountant, was found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Auckland last week of murdering Chitralekha Ramakrishnan at their home in Mt Eden, Auckland, on January 13, 2005.
Rajamani had been found guilty by a High Court jury in 2006 but the Supreme Court last year quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial.
Rajamani admitted he killed his wife but said he was provoked into doing so and was guilty instead of manslaughter.
The Crown argued that Rajamani's actions clearly met the threshold of murder and that the provocation defence did not apply.
The Crown said Rajamani, who was upset his wife wanted to end their relationship, bashed her over the head with a brick before slashing her throat in the kitchen of their home.
Rajamani will be sentenced in July.
- NZPA
