A businessman has been cleared of trying to murder his lover in a jealous rage.

Alan Brough, attacked the victim at his home in Halliday Drive in Walmer, leaving her struggling to breathe.

Now a jury heard has found the 63 year old businessman not guilty of attempted murder but convicted him unanimously on the lesser charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Brough is now remanded into custody while psychiatrists report on his mental state and the threat he may pose to women in a relationship with him.

A jury at Canterbury Crown Court had heard how he made unfounded allegations of cheating against his lover.

The obsessive Brough even installed a spy camera in the bedroom and also paid for a private eye to follow her.

But prosecutor Eloise Marshall QC told the court that Brough’s “paranoid” suspicions were unfounded.

In May 2017, Brough had made an emergency call to police at 10.20pm, telling the operator he thought he had killed his partner.

“He went on to say that he thought she had been having an affair and that he had flipped and got her round the neck.

“At the time he was making the call, the woman was struggling to breathe and Brough could be heard begging her to breathe and to stay alive.

“He can be heard saying: ‘Come on ..come on breathe!’"

Ms Marshall said that although Brough told the operator he thought she was having an affair, “that wasn’t the case at all”.