Adrian Basham, 45, was dealt the jury's verdict within the Supreme Court docket of Victoria at present after lower than two days of deliberation following a six-week trial.
His spouse, Samantha Fraser was discovered lifeless inside her Seagrove Means storage at Cowes, close to Phillip Island, on July 23, 2018, after the 38-year-old didn't acquire her youngsters from college.
The mother-of-three had separated from Basham a yr earlier.
Basham was charged with homicide lower than a fortnight after her dying.
The development employee's defence attorneys had argued Ms Fraser had taken her personal life within the moments after he had ambushed and assaulted her.
He did admit to laying in wait exterior her residence and bashing her as she drove into the storage.
Nevertheless, Basham claimed his spouse was alive when he left the property.
Prosecutors known as the suggestion "absolute garbage" and advised the jury Basham had tried to make Ms Fraser's dying to appear like suicide.
A probable motive was the actual fact Ms Fraser was one week away from giving proof towards him in a courtroom case.
Basham is going through life behind bars and will probably be sentenced later this yr.
Ms Fraser was a extremely regarded psychologist, described by associates and colleagues as a "stunning lady".
"She was extremely type, nurturing and gifted," pal Alice Bradley stated.
"Sam was articulate and keen about every little thing she did."
She had celebrated her thirty eighth birthday the day earlier than her dying.
Her associates have been assured she wouldn't take her personal life.
Pal Lija Matthews at present advised 9News: "Understanding Sam and understanding how a lot her children meant to her there was completely no attainable manner she would have achieved that herself."
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