Mitesh Patel killed his wife Jessica in May. (Photos: Facebook/Kevin Donald)

The killer was Mitesh at home, but "Prince" to gay men on Grindr, the dating app where he met his boyfriend. He dreamed of moving to Australia with Amit Patel -- his "soulmate" -- and researched ways to kill his wife Jessica, with whom he ran a pharmacy.

The murder happened in May.

He used a plastic bag.

That's the version of events heard by the UK court that found Mitesh Patel, 37, guilty of murdering Jessica Patel, a Press Trust of India report says. A sentencing hearing will take place today.

Horrified? There more. Here's a brief overview of what happened, according to the report.

After Jessica's murder, Mitesh pled innocence, saying there had been a break-in at his Middlesbrough home, and that duct tape had been used to tie his wife's wrists.

Liar, liar: Evidence seen by the jury showed that Mitesh did the tying. But not before he drugged his wife, 34, with insulin, strangled and suffocated her.

When Jessica was found, she was declared dead on the spot.

The man we welcomed into our family, who promised to look after and protect her, betrayed her in every sense of the word, cheating her of her dreams, robbing her of her life and robbing us of her. - Statement from Jessica's family

iPhone health app was Mitesh's smoking gun

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Want to nab a murderer? There's a app for that.

Well, not exactly.

But what happened in Mitesh's case certainly comes close.

The BBC describes what it says "is thought to be a legal first" in the United Kingdom: Data from a health app in Mitesh's iPhone, which recorded his movements as he staged a burglary and concealed a CCTV hard drive, helped convict him.

Cleveland Police used data from killer pharmacist Mitesh Patel’s health app on his iPhone to plot his movements on the night he murdered his wife Jessica - believed to be a UK legal first. pic.twitter.com/TBB0dH0kZC Tom Wilkinson (@tommywilkinson) December 4, 2018

And it turns out his internet searches over the years were more disturbing.

Here's a sample.

"Insulin overdose".

"Plot to kill my wife, do I need a co-conspirator?"

"Hiring hitman UK".

As if all this weren't enough, two UK news reports, including the BBC's, said Mitesh wanted to raise "his and Jessica's IVF [in-vitro fertilisation]" baby with Amit Patel, his paramour.

In a statement, Jessica Patel's family said she had "simple dreams".

"All she ever wanted was to fall in love, have a family of her own and live happily ever after."