A FORMER couple who plotted the killing of an electrician before he was shot and doused in acid have both been found guilty of murder.
Michael Hillier blasted dad-of-two Liam Smith in the face yards from his home in Wigan, before throwing sulphuric acid over his body.
Hillier, 39, said he was acting in revenge after his girlfriend told him she'd been raped by Mr Smith years earlier during a Tinder date. She did not go to the police. The pair instead decided to seek 'vigilante justice! They plotted Mr Smith's death over a 10-month period, before drug dealer Hillier made the trip to Kilburn Drive in Shevington to kill the 38-year-old on November 24 last year. After the murder, he and Rachel Fulstow, 37, enacted an elaborate plan to avoid justice.
Days later, the couple went on a two-week trip to Jamaica. When they returned home, the net began to close. Hillier was arrested. Fulstow was initially treated as a witness, but became a suspect after she repeatedly lied to officers during her interview.
Liam Now, after a six-week trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Hillier and Fulstow have both been found unanimously guilty of murder. Jurors deliberated for six hours and 44 minutes.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 24, 2023 من Manchester Evening News.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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