THE widow of the Earl of Shaftesbury was last night found guilty of arranging his murder.

THE Earl of Shaftesbury was about to leave his wife Jamila when he was strangled to death by her brother on the French Riviera, his mistress Nadia Orch testified yesterday.

THE widow and brother-in-law of an English lord whose decomposing body was found on the French Riviera went on trial yesterday accused of murdering him to get their hands on his fortune.

THE 11th Earl of Shaftesbury, the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper whose body was found in the south of France last month, has died of a suspected heart attack.

THE estranged wife of the missing Earl of Shaftesbury is receiving treatment for depression in hospital after allegedly admitting she played a part in her husband’s disappearance, it was revealed last night.