Former Napier City councillor Peter Beckett found guilty of murdering wifeSUPPLIED Former Napier city councillor Peter Beckett has been found guilty of murdering his wife by a jury in Canada. Former Napier City councillor Peter Beckett has been found guilty of the first degree murder of his wife following a jury trial in Canada. SUPPLIED Peter Beckett drowned his Canadian wife, Laura Letts-Beckett, while the couple were on a boating trip in the Rockies in 2010. Former Napier City Mayor Barbara Arnott, who served as a councillor alongside Beckett from 1998 to 2001, said he was not well received within the Hawke's Bay community during his term. READ MORE:* Former Hawke's Bay councillor accused of plotting hit-job from jail* The man mountain who bit off more than he could chew* Ex-Napier councillor Peter Beckett facing fresh murder trial after hung jury* Former Napier councillor Peter Beckett's troubled past revealed* Wife of former Napier councillor Peter Beckett was a 'troubled soul', court told* Peter Beckett claims wife took own life* Peter Beckett denies drowning his wife"He wasn't the sort of councillor that the people of Napier could respect," Arnott said.

Source: Stuff September 17, 2017 02:25 UTC