 and Michael Hillier (right) planned to attack Liam Smith (centre) (Picture: Greater Manchester Police/PA) A woman and her former boyfriend have been found guilty of murdering a man she met on a dating app. Liam Smith, 38, was shot in the face and then had acid poured over him outside his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on November 24 last year. Michael Hillier, 39, from Sheffield, admitted manslaughter but denied murdering the electrician. He told Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester he and his girlfriend Rachel Fulstow, 37, both planned to attack Mr Smith after Fulstow claimed he had raped her. Fulstow, who worked for a property management company, denied knowing her then partner had planned to harm him. Mr Smith's family shouted 'yes' and 'thank you so much' before sobbing and hugging as the jury found both defendants guilty of murder on Wednesday. Hillier, who was handcuffed in the dock, stared over at his former partner as the verdicts were returned. Two jurors appeared tearful after coming back to court after six hours and 44 minutes of deliberations. Liam Smith's body was found on Kilburn Drive in Wigan on of November 24, 2022 (Picture: Men Media) The court heard Fulstow met Mr Smith on dating app Tinder and the pair went on a date in York in 2019, when she said they had 'non-consensual sex' at a hotel in York. She did not describe it as rape and said she went for lunch with Mr Smith the following day, the court heard. In 2021 she began a relationship with Hillier but said he could be verbally abusive and unpredictable and was not happy she had a one-night stand with Mr Smith. She told the court the first she knew of the attack on Mr Smith was when Hillier turned up at her house the following morning and told her. Fulstow, an international travel and tourism management graduate from Leeds Met University, said she was 'petrified' to go to police about her boyfriend. Rachel Fulstow, 37, denied knowing her then partner had planned to){kind=link}
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A woman and her former boyfriend have been found guilty of murdering a man she met on a dating app.
Liam Smith, 38, was shot in the face and then had acid poured over him outside his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on November 24 last year.
Michael Hillier, 39, from Sheffield, admitted manslaughter but denied murdering the electrician.
He told Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester he and his girlfriend Rachel Fulstow, 37, both planned to attack Mr Smith after Fulstow claimed he had raped her.