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Christine Lyons found guilty of murdering mum-of-four Samantha Kelly

A Victorian woman has been convicted of murdering a mother-of-four in an alleged plot to take custody of her children.

Samantha Kelly.

Samantha Kelly. Source: AAP

A Victorian woman has been found guilty of murdering a mother-of-four in an alleged plot to take custody of the victim's children.

But the killer's former lover has been found not guilty of murdering Samantha Kelly, who was struck in the head with a hammer by another man, and guilty of assisting an offender.

Christine Lyons and Ronald Lyons, who are not related, have faced trial in the Victorian Supreme Court accused of killing Ms Kelly in their backyard bungalow in Bendigo in January 2016, and the jury delivered their verdicts on Thursday morning.

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