Former US politician found guilty of journalist’s murder

Robert Telles, a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, waits in the courtroom during his murder trial at the Regional Justice Centre in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

A jury in the US has found a Democratic former politician guilty of murder in the killing of an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in elected office.

Robert Telles hung his head, shaking it slightly from side to side as the verdict was read on Wednesday in Clark County District Court, Nevada.