WA man guilty of ex-partner's manslaughter

A Perth man has been found guilty of unlawfully killing his former partner.

Bradley Wayne Harvey was on trial in the West Australian Supreme Court charged with murdering Nicolle Bates in February 2012.

On Tuesday, a jury acquitted him of murder but found him guilty of manslaughter.

The 29-year-old woman's body was found 18 days after she went missing.

Ms Bates was a mother of four but none of her children lived with her at the time.