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Steven Fesus arrives at the Supreme Court in Sydney on Thursday. Photo: AAP
Wollongong's Steven Frank Fesus has been found guilty of murdering his wife Jodie and disposing of her body at a South Coast beach 20 years ago.
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Jodie Fesus went missing from the couple's Shellharbour home on August 12, 1997.
![Jodie Fesus Jodie Fesus](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/rdPnbxNSt95RbDXSGgzrdz/9186903f-0099-400c-a8ef-6e874ef9cb06.jpg/r0_0_296_348_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Jodie Fesus
Her body was found buried in a shallow grave at Seven Mile Beach, near Gerroa, on September 14.
Fesus wasn't charged with her murder until 2013.
Jurors in his Supreme Court trial returned their guilty verdict on Tuesday afternoon after less than a day of deliberations.
He has been taken into custody ahead of a sentencing hearing.
More to come.
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