Two men have been convicted of murdering a mum whose body was found in a burning car.

William McFall and Stephen Unwin were accused of killing 28-year-old Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, of Killingworth, North Tyneside.

The body of Ms Nguyen, who was originally from Vietnam, was found inside a burning car on Success Road in Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring, on Tuesday August 15 last year.

McFall, 51, who was living between addresses in Houghton-le-Spring and Waterloo Road, Blackpool, and Unwin, 40, of St Oswald’s Terrace, Houghton-le-Spring, denied murder and rape and were being tried by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court.

On Tuesday, jurors convicted both men of murder. Unwin was also convicted of rape, while McFall was cleared of that charge.

Live updates from the courtroom at Newcastle Crown Court below: