Julie Crocker, 33, was an account manager at a Toronto radio station. (Canadian Press)Christopher Little has been found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder for killing his estranged wife and another woman two years ago.

A jury, which was in its third day of deliberations, convicted the Toronto-area man Wednesday in the deaths of his wife, Julie Crocker, 33, and Paula Menendez, 34.

Little sat hunched over in his seat after the verdict was read. The convictions carry an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Outside the Newmarket, Ont., courthouse, the families of the murdered women said justice was served.

"It won't bring Paula back, and we're going to miss her still every single day, and we're going to think of her every day — that's not going to change. But at least we know that she didn't die in vain," said Menendez's twin sister Carolina Stubbs.

"Someone paid for what they did, and Chris paid for what he did."

Both women were found dead in Crocker and Little's Markham, Ont., home on Feb. 12, 2007. Crocker's body was in the master bedroom with her throat slit. Menendez had been strangled with yellow rope tied around her neck.

Little, 38, and Crocker had been married for 10 years and had two young daughters.

Paula Menendez, 34, was a physiotherapist in Toronto. (CBC)Crocker had been having an affair with Toronto sportscaster Rick Ralph for several months before her death. Menendez was Ralph's estranged wife.

The Crown built a case depicting Little as an obsessive husband who killed his wife and Menendez in a jealous rage. The defence claimed Menendez committed a murder-suicide.

The Menendez family, who sat through the two-month long trial, never lost hope, even when the defence lawyer attacked Paula's character and argued that she was the one who killed Crocker.

"I hope he stays in jail forever," Menendez's mother, Monica, said after the verdict. "The crime he committed was tremendous and for me he's a monster."

Little's lawyer maintained his client is not guilty and vowed to appeal the decision.

"There are no winners at all, and everybody loses," John Rosen said. "It's three families that have been devastated."

Justice Michelle Fuerst was ready to hand down the sentence immediately, but the Crown said it has five victim-impact statements that it wanted to be read to the court, the CBC's Lucy Lopez said.

Sentencing will take place Friday morning, Lopez said.