It has been a busy month in our region's courts.
15.08.2023 - 06:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A couple accused of murderer were told to ‘rot in hell’ when a disturbance broke out in court as a gunman recounted opening fire. Michael Hillier has admitted shooting 38-year-old electrician Liam Smith outside his home in Wigan. The dad-of-two was then doused in acid.
Hillier, 39, claimed that he and his girlfriend Rachel Fulstow plotted to attack Mr Smith in revenge, following an allegation that she was raped by him in a hotel room after they met for a date. She denies any involvement but Hillier has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
He and Ms Fulstow, 37, both deny murder. The public gallery at Minshull Street Crown Court was cleared by the judge on Monday afternoon, as Hillier was questioned about the killing.
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Remarks had been made from the public gallery including ‘he’s not a rapist’, ‘you piece of s***’ and ‘rot in hell, both of you’. Hillier gave evidence for the first time on Monday, as the murder trial entered its sixth week.
Hillier claimed that the couple formed a plan to attack Mr Smith after she alleged to him that she’d been ‘graphically raped’ in 2019. Hillier said: “The plan was immediate, it was decided straight away that something was going to happen to Liam Smith.”
He said of Ms Fulstow: “She was well on board, she wanted to make sure that he was held accountable for his actions, and that he suffered.” Hillier claimed that Ms Fulstow viewed him as her ‘knight in shining armour’.
He said: “She couldn’t believe someone could go so above and beyond the call of duty.” Hillier told jurors that other plans had also been considered including having his ‘penis severed’, but that he ‘couldn’t go through with it’.
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It has been a busy month in our region's courts.
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