THIS is the chilling moment a killer lay in wait for ten hours before shooting a man dead in a “rape” revenge attack.
Liam Smith, 38, was shot in the face before having chemicals poured over him outside his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, last year.
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Liam Smith, 38, died after a horror attack in November last yearCredit: PA
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Rachel Fulstow, 37, was today convicted of murder alongside her ex-boyfriendCredit: PA
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Michael Hillier committed the sickening attack – which he and Fulstow plannedCredit: PA
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He could be seen standing outside Liam’s home ready to pounceCredit: GMP
The horror attack took place after Rachel Fulstow, 37, told her then-boyfriend, Michael Hillier, 39, that Liam had raped her on a Tinder date.
Footage has now been released of Hillier skulking outside Liam’s home as the pair were yesterday convicted of murder.
He waited in his car for ten hours before luring Liam outside so he could pounce.
CCTV showed Hillier driving by and wandering the streets wearing a hooded jumper.
Hillier then shot him in the face before pouring acid over his body.
Liam’s grieving family shouted “yes” and “thank you so much” as the monster couple were convicted at Minshull Street Crown Court.
Hillier had admitted manslaughter but denied murdering electrician Liam.
Hillier told the court how he and Fulstow both planned to attack Liam.
However, she denied knowing her then-partner had even planned to undertake the attack.
The court heard how Fulstow and Liam had gone on a Tinder date in 2019, during which she claimed they had “non-consensual sex” at a hotel in York.
She did not describe it as rape, and said the pair went for lunch the following day.
Two years later Fulstow and Hillier started dating.
She later claimed he was verbally abusive and unpredictable and that he was not happy she’d had a one-night stand with Liam
Fulstow claimed she first became aware of the attack when Hillier turned up at her house the following morning and told her.
The court heard Fulstow say she was “petrified” to go to cops about Hillier.
The sick couple then went on holiday to Jamaica in the days after Liam’s death in November last year.
However, Hillier told a different version of events.
He claimed the pair had planned the attack together after Fulstow said she had been “graphically raped” by Liam.
The killer told the jury: “We decided jointly between the two of us that we would deal with the matter ourselves and seek justice ourselves and go down the vigilante route.”
As to what really happened on that night we will probably never know and it probably doesn’t matter.
Judge Maurice Greene
The court also heard how Hillier was secretly recorded in jail saying he’d wanted Liam “to suffer”.
Fulstow’s phone history showed she had made internet searches of Liam’s electrical company and Mitsubishi Shogun cars, like the one used by Hillier and later burned out.
She also checked the weather in Wigan on the morning of the killing.
Judge Maurice Greene told jurors they did not need to decide what happened between Liam and Fulstow.
He said, summing up: “As to what really happened on that night we will probably never know and it probably doesn’t matter.”
Fulstow was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
The pair will be sentenced on Thursday.
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CCTV snapped Hillier lurking near Liam’s homeCredit: GMP
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Fulstow claimed she had been raped by LiamCredit: PA
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The horror unfolded in November last yearCredit: MEN Media
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