Benjamin Field (above right), 28, was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of the murder of Peter Farquhar (above left), 69, in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire.
His co-accused, magician Martyn Smith, 32, was found not guilty.
The pair were both cleared of a charge of conspiracy to murder Mr Farquhar’s close neighbour Ann Moore-Martin and Field was also acquitted of her attempted murder.
Field killed Mr Farquhar by making his deaths look like an accident or suicide.
Field, a Baptist minister’s son, admitted fraudulently being in relationships with Mr Farquhar and his neighbour Miss Moore-Martin as part of a plot to get them to change their wills but denied any involvement in their deaths.
Prosecutors told Oxford Crown Court Field and Smith targeted Miss Moore-Martin a few months after murdering Mr Farquhar but they were acquitted of charges relating to her death after 77 hours of deliberations.
Field spiked Mr Farquhar’s food and drink with neat alcohol and hallucinogenic drugs as part of the gaslighting, while Field wrote messages on Miss Moore-Martin’s mirrors purporting to be from God.
Mr Farquhar, who was torn about his sexuality because of his religion, died in October 2015, while Miss Moore-Martin died in May 2017 from natural causes.
Field had undergone a “betrothal” ceremony with gay Mr Farquhar while also having a string of girlfriends and was in a…
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