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Man guilty of pregnant girlfriend murder bid
14 Oct 2009A father-to-be was today convicted to trying to murder his heavily pregnant girlfriend so he could benefit from her will and start again with another woman.
Simon Morris, 37, attacked Nerys Price, 35, while she slept in bed at their home in Calthorpe Drive, Prestatyn, North Wales, in August 2008.
Morris, who denied attempted murder and attempted child destruction, hit his partner in the head with a hammer and covered it up to look like a burglary gone wrong.
Mold Crown Court had heard that the Denbighshire Council highways officer stood to land several hundred thousand pounds from Ms Price's death.
In the run-up to the attack he was "the driving force" behind them changing their wills.
Her death would have made him the sole beneficiary.
He was tried in May but the jury failed to reach a verdict.
Today, a jury of eight men and four women found him guilty after a three-week trial.
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thank GOD the right verdict was found, now nerys and her baby can get on with their lives knowing justice has been served. what a git he was. simon morris should be ashamed of the shame he has brought his own parents. but at least they got him for it, now lets hope he gets a good sentance
- Prestatyn Person, prestatyn, 14/10/2009 13:00
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Good - hope this dirty, greedy, grasping low-life philanderer lands a long stay at Her Majesty's pleasure.
- Nowan King, London, 14/10/2009 12:48
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