1.25pm: Outside court Corryn's sister Sharon Coutinho read from a prepared statement. She thanked WA Police for their "unconditional support" and "determination and perseverance" over the past five years. The family was grateful to prosecutor John Agius QC and for the "tremendous support" they had received from the wider community. "Their words of kindness have been a great source of comfort," Ms Coutinho said. She also thanked family and friends and the media for respecting their privacy.

"Our quest for seeking justice for Corryn will continue," Ms Coutinho said. 12.50pm: A large media throng has followed Lloyd Rayney and his daughter Sarah through Perth’s busy shopping malls. Mr Rayney addressed the media briefly outside court, and was then pursued for several minutes by dozens of reporters, cameramen and photographers. After leading the media through the Hay Street Mall, the pair walked through a packed London Court – much to the surprise of shoppers. Several members of the public couldn’t help getting involved – some shouting words of encouragement and congratulations to Mr Rayney, others were less than supportive.

The pair disappeared into a building on St Georges Terrace. 12.30pm: Lloyd Rayney has addressed the media outside court as he left with his youngest daughter Sarah. "It has been five years since Caitlyn and Sarah lost their mum," Mr Rayney said. "They haven't been treated very well by a lot of people. "We still don't know what happened to Corryn.

"Despite the best funded investigation, despite unlimited resources at the disposol of those people investigating ... this is still unsolved and that's an extremely hard thing for my family to accept. "That's all I want to say, and I hope you respect that and just let Sarah and I just pass by." 12.10pm Lloyd Rayney has been found NOT GUILTY of wilful murder or manslaughter. 12.08pm Justice Martin became emotional as he told Mrs Rayney's father, Ernest de Silva, he had behaved "impecably and with dignity" during his daughter's trial. Justice Martin said the state case was "beset with improbable and inconsistent" evidence.

Crucial evidence was lacking. There was no evidence at the home or in the yard to implicate Mr Rayney at the attacker. Justice Martin said there was no evidence to prove she was dragged, in fact he was "far from persuaded". That was a crucial component of the state's case against Mr Rayney. Justice Martin said although the accused engaged in "discredible" conduct, including arranging for his house to be tapped and lying in a court of law this did not prove he had committed the crime of murdering his wife. 12.06pm Justice Martin found that Mrs Rayney was probably attacked in the front yard of her home or on the verge.

He is satisfied she was attacked from behind and while on the ground two seed pods from the Liquidambar tree that were crucial evidence during the trial became attached in her hair. He found she did not die at the home, as put forward by the state, but died later at Kings Park. 12.02pm State claimed Mr Rayney used his experience as a prosecutor and lawyer to plan the "perfect crime". Justice Martin said there was not evidence to support this. He said further problems in the state's case were that there was no evidence doesn't prove she was at Como.

The evidence does not suggest she was dragged. 11.57am Mr Rayney's demeanour on the night of August 7 suggested either he had a "remarkable degree of control" or he had not killed Mrs Rayney, Justice Martin said. Justice Martin has been detailing "several problems" with the state's case against Mr Rayney. That includes Mr Rayney was "too soft" to have been able to physically manage killing his wife. He was barely taller and weighed 67 kilograms, while she weighed 78 kilograms. "Moving or carrying a deceased person of that weight would have been difficult to do for the accused," Justice Martin said.

Further, the next day he did not display any signs of that he had been up all night engaged in the events suggested by the state. 11.50am Mr Rayney never displayed any physical aggression or extreme anger towards his wife, Justice Martin said. He said the state's claim that Mr Rayney's behaviour after his wife's death was that of a killer could not be substantiated. He said his behaviour also was consistent with a father who found himself in a particularly traumatic situation. Justice Martin was satisfied that Mrs Rayney left her bootscooting class at 9.30pm intending to go home to discuss the resolution of their marriage.

She arrived at 9.45pm, he found. According to the state, Mrs Rayney was killed within the next hour and Mr Rayney put her body outside the house and then moved her car so that it could not be seen near the house, before returning home. His youngest daughter was asleep. 11.45am Justice Martin found Mr Rayney did organise for the family home in Como to be tapped, so listen to what his wife was planning against him. By the time of Mrs Rayney's death Mr Rayney had accepted their marriage was over.

11.43am The couple had been unhappy in their marriage for a number of years. Mr Rayney had been having an affair for three years prior to Mrs Rayney's death. Mrs Rayney had become concerned about Mr Rayney's gambling and she did not trust him, Justice Martin said. When the couple returned to Perth from living in Bermuda, their marriage "strongly deteriorated". The couple were no longer sharing a bed. Mrs Rayney had threatened to "expose" Mr Rayney's affair publicly and "damage him professionally".

11.40am Justice Martin described Mr Rayney as having a quiet demeanour, even during times of stress. "Not withstanding his reserve, in appropriate circumstances the accused is sensitive and can display emotion," he said. He described Mrs Rayney as the opposite. She was "friendly and outgoing" and was at times so strong to the point of being "hard nosed". 11.35am Mrs Rayney suffered coronary artery disease however Justice Martin is satisfied she did not die of natural causes. He is sure she died somewhere between Bentley Community Centre, where she had attended a bootscooting class that night, and Kings Park, where her body was found.

"[She] was subject to a violent assault that caused trauma," Justice Martin said. However, those injuries were not life threatening and it was probable that she was attacked not killed. Justice Martin said the state had relied on circumstantial evidence. 11.30am Police investigators at times behaved in an "unacceptable" manner that ranged from "inappropriate to reprehensible", Justice Martin said. However, there was no evidence that inquiries were not properly investigated. Justice Martin has referred to the "extensive" publicity that caused the case to become prejudicial to Mr Rayney, which was why he was granted a judge-only trial. 11.28am Justice Martin has arrived in the court room and immediately started to read his judgment.

He is summarising the charge against Mr Rayney and the facts of the case, including that Mrs Rayney died during the night of August 7 or the early morning of August in 2007. Her body was found in a shallow grave at Kings Park on August 15, 2007. 11.12am: Everyone has headed inside the courtroom now, with a packed public gallery forcing some very interested members of the public to stand outside to hear the verdict. The tension inside the media room, which is separate to the courtroom, is palpable. 11.06am: Mr Rayney appeared calm as he patiently waited for the media to let him through to the court.

He thanks a man on the street who wished him well, and asked after the wellbeing of a cameraman who fell under the pressure of the scrum. 11am: Lloyd Rayney has arrived at court, flanked by his defence team and youngest daughter. He has been swamped by a deep media throng, saying only that his family we were well. Security at the District Court has been closed to allow Mr Rayney, his daughter Sarah, his legal team and other supporters through. Two queues, totalling about 80 people are waiting to enter. 10.50am: Corryn's family, led by her father Ernest Da Silva, have walked solemnly up Hay Street toward the court room where they will hear the verdict they have waited five years for.

10.40am: There's still no sign of Mr Rayney, with less than an hour before the highly anticipated verdict. The atmosphere outside court is one of intense suspense. Journalists and camera operators have lined Hay Street in Perth’s CBD. Onlookers don’t need to ask what’s going on in court today. 10.15am: The Supreme Court verdict, like the trial, will be delivered in a District Court room due to the extra space needed to accommodate a trial that has seen unprecedented public interest.

Strict rules have been put in place on the number of media representatives allowed in the court room. Seats have been reserved for the families of both Mr and Mrs Rayney. 10am: With less than two hours before retired Northern Territory Supreme Court chief justice Brian Martin hands down his verdict, the nation's media has turned its attention to Lloyd Rayney. The prominent Perth barrister is believed to have already left his home in Como, in Perth's inner southern suburbs. Loading

Media are swarming outside the court, awaiting his arrival ahead of the highly anticipated verdict, due later this morning. Mr Rayney is believed to be at the offices of his defence lawyers in West Perth. Follow WAtoday on Twitter