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Fraser is freed by the rings that jailed him

The appearance of the three gold rings belonging to Arlene Fraser more than a week after she vanished more than 13 years ago was the "cornerstone" of the case against Nat Fraser.

Yesterday, the same matrimonial jewellery appeared to be its undoing at the UK Supreme Court.

The Crown had convinced the jury at Fraser’s murder trial in 2003 that the three rings -- one for engagement, another for marriage and a third for eternity -- had been placed by the accused in the family bathroom to create the sense that his wife had removed the pieces of gold to symbolise she was walking away from her husband.