A jury at the High Court in Christchurch has found David Benbow guilty of murdering his long-time friend Michael McGrath.

This case has always been remarkable in that no body or weapon was ever found.

This is the second time the case had been tried. The first resulted in a hung jury.

Newsable spoke to Stuff's Martin Van Beynen, who was in court for both trials

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