At 8pm BST the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all four charges on Worksop man Neil Entwistle for the murders of his wife Rachel and nine month old daughter Lillian Rose.

Entwistle remained calm as the verdict was read out and expressed little emotion. He shook his head slightly and muttered "guilty" in disbelief as the verdict was read out, closed his eyes then looked to his family, opened his palms and shrugged his shoulders.

As the jury filed out of court, both brother Russell and mother Yvonne refused to stand with their husband and the rest of the people in court.

The Entwistle family was then hounded out to the lift and Cliff, a Bassetlaw district councillor, told the pack they would make a statement outside.

As Rachel's family left court many held hands and wept.

After speaking to a mass of media out the front of Middlesex Superior Court, Cliff, Yvonne and Russell were chased by a media pack as they calmly returned to their hotel.

Entwistle's lawyers have since made a statement outside court criticising the jury selection process.

Defence lawyer Elliot Weinstein said the verdict will be appealed, a mandatory process for first degree murder in the US.

He added that it had been a very sad case for both families involved.
"I am confident the case will meet a successful review in the supreme court because of that we cannot comment about the trial evidence and will not," he said.

"We believe that under a different environment people selected to hear this evidence would have reached a different result."
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