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A jury has found Mark Stobbe, a former political adviser to the Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments, not guilty in the slaying of his wife, Beverly Rowbotham.

Mark Stobbe walks into the Winnipeg courthouse on March 20, as lawyers made their closing arguments in his second-degree murder trial.

A lawyer for Mark Stobbe, a former political advisor accused of killing his wife over a decade ago, told a Winnipeg jury that prosecutors did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The state of Mark Stobbe's marriage to Beverly Rowbotham remains a focal point in the former government adviser's high-profile murder trial.

A former political adviser accused of murdering his wife in their backyard while their young sons slept in the house says he is innocent.