Natavia Lowery was yesterday convicted of the murder of her former employer, one time Ramones manager Linda Stein who, as previously reported, was found dead at her New York apartment on 30 Oct 2007.

A murder investigation was launched pretty much as soon as Stein was found, with Lowery - Stein's personal assistant at the time - the prime suspect from the word go. Lowery initially denied killing Stein, claiming she had witnessed a masked man kill her employer who had told her she must not report the crime. She subsequently confessed that she had, in fact, murdered Stein, but then retracted that statement, saying it had been harassed out of her by police.

The prosecution claimed Lowery had stolen a substantial amount of money from Stein and probably killed her boss when confronted about the theft. They presented evidence of other dodgy behaviour Lowery had been accused of in the past, including embezzling from a church where she worked. The jury took less than a day to find her guilty.

Best known as manager of the Ramones, and also as the one time husband of Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, in her later life Linda became a property agent for the stars, securing New York apartments for the likes of Sting, Billy Joel, Steven Spielberg and Elton John.