A millionaire developer who lived in the same central Florida neighbourhood as Tiger Woods and other celebrities was convicted of murdering his wife in their mansion.
The six jurors deliberated more than 12 hours over two days before finding Bob Ward guilty of second-degree murder.
Ward was stoic as the verdict was read.
Before the verdict, he hugged his two college-aged daughters as the girls wept.
He faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced in November.
Ward was accused of shooting of his wife, Diane, in September 2009.The slaying happened days before she was to give a deposition in a lawsuit alleging that he blew millions of dollars on big houses and expensive cars while his business failed.
Defence attorneys said that Ward's wife was suicidal, and that he was trying to stop her from killing herself.
Ward never took the stand in his defence.
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