A MAN found guilty of murdering his wife at their family home will be sentenced in Bradford next month.

Mark Barrott, 55, was found guilty of the murder of Eileen Barrott by a jury at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

Police had been called to the couple’s home on Sunday, August 15, last year after Eileen had been found unresponsive by her adult son.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, and it was later determined she had been murdered.

A murder enquiry was launched which led to Barrott’s arrest in Scotland on August 19.

Barrott was remanded in custody to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on Monday, August 8.

Detective Chief Inspector Vanessa Rolfe of the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “We welcome the verdict of murder given by the jury today and feel this does accurately reflect the circumstances of this offence and the brutal attack on Eileen.

“We hope that Barrott’s conviction for murder will provide at least some small measure of comfort to Eileen’s family and to all those who loved her.”