Ali Qazimaj, who had gambling debts, killed Peter and Sylvia Stuart - whose body has never been found.

A stallholder has said the future of Ipswich's market depends on being able to trade while work is carried out to revamp the town centre.

As we've been reporting, a  new vision for the Cornhill  has been unveiled.

It includes a water feature and sculpture instead of a proposed tower. It is no longer planned to level out the Cornhill, which is on a slope.

Mike Young, who runs Young's fish stall on Ipswich Market, said: "We're pleased the Cornhill is being improved, it certainly needs it.

"The no leveling aspect may mean less time of disruption for everybody. The main concern is the interim period while the work is being done."

He said it was important for the market to have somewhere to trade while the work takes place.

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Police have said they will continue to search for missing Sylvia Stuart.

Ali Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, has been found guilty of killing Mrs Stuart and her husband Peter.

Mr Stuart's body was found stabbed to death close to the couple's home in Weybread, near Eye. Mrs Stuart's body has still not been found but she is presumed dead.

Det Ch Insp Andy Guy said: "The investigation into the homicide is complete, with the verdict today, but we will continue to look for Sylvia and if there's any information the public have we'll act on it."

When asked if Qazimaj is likely to reveal where her body is, Det Ch Insp Guy said: "He will get an opportunity, and I hope he does, but personally I'm doubtful he will.

"Historically, people who are convicted of homicides with no body murders don't tend to give up where they've deposited the victims, but maybe this will be different."

Peter and Sylia Stuart were murdered by Ali Qazimaj, who then fled the UK.

Medication was sent to the blind pensioner that was intended for another person.

The family of a murdered husband and wife, last seen alive in Norfolk, has described the couple's killer as a "twisted individual". 

Ali Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, was found guilty of murder by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court.

He had killed Peter and Sylvia Stuart from Weybread, near Eye, Suffolk.

The body of Mr Stuart, 75, was found with nine stab wounds near the couple's home. Mrs Stuart's body is yet to be located. 

Speaking after the verdicts were returned, the couple's family said: "To all those involved in bringing this case to trial and its eventually conclusion, we would like to offer our heartfelt thanks. 

"To the twisted individual who committed this wicked crime, we hope you spend the rest of your miserable existence reflecting on the utter senselessness and brutality of what you did to two innocent people. 

"Maybe, one day, you will find the moral courage to tell us where Sylvia is so that we may give her and our family some final peace."

A murderer who killed a husband and wife from north Suffolk was tracked down by four "key strands" of evidence, police have said. 

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Ali Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, has been found guilty of two counts of murder . He had claimed he had been a victim of mistaken identity. 

Peter Stuart, 75, of Weybread, near Eye, was found stabbed to death near the home he shared with his wife on 3 June. Mrs Stuart's body has still not been found. 

Det Ch Insp Andy Guy, from Suffolk Police, said evidence of DNA, handwriting samples, fingerprints and physical appearance provided by the police was "compelling". 

He said: "To try and argue in the witness box that you’re not the man in the photograph when clearly you are is quite bizarre."  

Police have welcomed the guilty verdict of a man accused of killing a north Suffolk couple after a "thorough" and "lengthy" investigation.

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Ali Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, has been found guilty of murdering Sylvia and Peter Stuart from Weybread.

He is due to be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday.

Mr Stuart, 75, was found dead near the couple's home. Mrs Stuart's body has still not been found. The couple were last seen alive during a visit to a Norfolk farm shop.

Det Ch Insp Andy Guy, from Suffolk Police, said: "I'm really pleased with the verdict and I know the family are as well, you could see it from the emotion in the court. 

"It's been a very thorough investigation, a lengthy investigation, but it's absolutely the right decision."  

He said Qazimaj claimed asylum in 1999, claiming to be from Kosovo, when came from Albania. Police said he had been living in Essex since about 1999.

A judge has said he was "not surprised " the jury took little time to return its verdict.

Ali Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, has been found guilty of killing Suffolk couple Sylvia and Peter Stuart.

The jury at Ipswich Crown Court took less than four hours to return a unanimous guilty verdict.

Judge Jeremy Stuart-Smith told the jury: "I know you've not taken very long in absolute terms to reach your verdicts, but I don't find that at all surprising." 

Mr Stuart, 75, was found dead with nine stab wounds in shallow water in woodland near the couple's home in Weybread, near Eye, on 3 June.

Mrs Stuart's body has still not been found but five hairs matching her DNA were discovered in a car registered to Qazimaj.

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BBC Radio Suffolk

A couple's daughter was brought to tears as the man accused of killing her parents was found guilty.

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The jury at Ipswich Crown Court has found Ali Qazimaj. 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, guilty of murdering Sylvia and Peter Stuart from Weybread, near Eye.

It took just under four hours for the jury to return its verdict.

The couple's daughter Christy Paxman gasped and cried as the verdicts were given in court.

Qazimaj, meanwhile, was impassive in the dock and showed no emotion as he heard the verdicts.

He had claimed he had been a victim of mistaken identity.

Qazimaj is due to be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court tomorrow.

A man accused of murdering a husband and wife from north Suffolk has been found guilty.

Peter and Sylvia Stuart were reported missing from their home in Weybread in June 2016. 

Mr Stuart's body was found nearby with nine stab wounds, but Mrs Stuart has yet to be found. The couple were last seen alive at a Norfolk farm shop on 29 May.

A jury at Ipswich Crown Court found Ali Qazimaj, 43, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, guilty of two counts of murder. 

He had claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity.

Qazimaj will be sentenced tomorrow.

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The search for  missing RAF airman Corrie Mckeague  resumed at Milton landfill site this morning, after teams paused for the weekend.

It is the sixth day search teams have been on the site near Cambridge. 

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The 23-year-old gunner was last seen on a night out in Bury St Edmunds in the early hours of 24 September.

A bin lorry that picked up refuse from the Horseshoe area of the town, where Mr Mckeague was last seen on CCTV, was traced to the site.

Last week, police said they are "confident" his body will be found at the landfill.

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A man accused of killing a Suffolk couple has been found guilty.

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A pensioner who was registered blind died after a Boots pharmacy supplied him with another patient's prescription, an inquest heard. 

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RAF veteran Douglas Lamond, 86, received weekly medicine boxes from Boots, which were assembled in branch and contained pills in separate plastic compartments to take on different days. 

Mr Lamond died on May 12, two days after a pack of medication was delivered to his home. It had been put together at the Boots branch in Orwell Road, Felixstowe, it was heard. 

This morning's hearing at Suffolk coroner's office in Ipswich heard the weekly pack, when opened, contained seven labels in the name of Anthony Lampard, but the label on the outside said Douglas Lamond.  

Det Supt Andrew Smith told the inquest it was "very likely" that the medication error "hastened his death".

The inquest continues. 

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BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Just two players with first team experience will play for Ipswich Town's, external Under-23s at Nottingham Forest tonight.

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Midfielders Adam McDonnell (pictured left) and Andre Dozzell will feature for a side that's made up largely of Under-18 players.

Gerard Nash's team is currently unbeaten in five games.

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The Waveney Foodbank is seeking increased support for struggling mums, external this year in a new Mother’s Day appeal.

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As we've been reporting, the jury at the trial of a man accused of killing a husband and wife has been sent out to consider its verdict.

The defendant, named by prosecutors as Ali Qazimaj, 43, denies murdering Peter and Sylvia Stuart, from Weybread, Suffolk.

He also claims he is not the man wanted by police, and his real name is Vital Dapi, Ipswich Crown Court has heard.

During his summing up on Thursday , Mr Justice Stuart-Smith referred to how Mr Stuart's body was found.

The 75-year-old was found with nine stab wounds, eight of which could have been fatal, on Mill Lane on 3 June.

Mrs Stuart's body has never been found, but a silver Citroen C3 car, found in Dover on 5 June, contained five grey hairs matching the DNA profile of Sylvia Stuart. 

The vehicle was registered to Mr Qazimaj and was found to have fingerprints which a forensics expert matched to him, although the defendant says either the prints were the result of a mix-up or that he shares identical fingerprints with someone else. 

The trial has been ongoing at Ipswich Crown Court for a month. 

Cleah Hetherington
BBC Radio Suffolk

Identity is at the heart of the Ali Qazimaj trial at Ipswich Crown Court. 

The judge in the case outlined both sides for the jury before they retired to consider their verdict this morning.  

The prosecution says the man in the dock is Ali Qazimaj - a man who has used several identities while living in the UK. 

They have produced DNA and fingerprint evidence taken from Mr Qazimaj in previous years which they say matches that of the man who says he's Vital Dapi. 

They also point to his use of English which they say he's learned while living here.

The defence case is that the defendant is not Ali Qazimaj, but a different man called Vital Dapi. He has never been to the UK and had not heard of Peter and Sylvia Stuart before his arrest in Luxembourg last year. 

He says the fingerprint and DNA evidence has been swapped by corrupt police to ensure it matches that of Ali Qazimaj. 

The defendant says he learned English in Albania and picked up colloquialisms off people he'd come into contact with since his arrest.

The jury has now retired to consider its verdict.