Teacher who led double life guilty of murder

A PHILANDERING music teacher who led a double life while dating a string of women was yesterday found guilty of the brutal murder of his fiancée.

Andrew Lindo, 29, strangled, battered and stabbed Marie Stewart to death before storing her body in a flight bag in the garage. Hours after killing Miss Stewart, Lindo put their two young children in his car and went to collect his latest lover, Angela Rylance.

A jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday heard how an unwitting Miss Rylance spent the night with Lindo in the bedroom where the fatal attack took place and two floors above the garage where Miss Stewart’s body was hidden.

Miss Stewart, 30, was set upon by Lindo while their children were asleep in the house in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.

Lindo – described as an “inveterate and accomplished liar” – had been living a double life, having affairs with a number of women. For seven weeks he convinced Miss Stewart’s family and friends she was still alive, setting up an elaborate smokescreen using Facebook and her mobile phone texting service.

Lindo was due to be sentenced today.