Murder accused tells jurors he is ‘ashamed’ of his actions after ‘barbaric’ attack on Liam Smith

It has been a busy month in our region's courts.

Chris Eubank Jr. is one of the most recognisable names in British boxing, having become an established figure within both the middleweight and super-middleweight divisions.

Singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony has a truck with 325,000 miles on it, including a salvage title. It rides like a covered wagon, he revealed, ever since it fell off the back of a tow truck.

The heartbroken family of Liam Smith have paid tribute to their 'rock' as they begin to piece their lives back together following a gruelling six-week trial. The 38-year-old dad-of-two was murdered by former couple Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow, jurors at Minshull Street Crown Court ruled on Wednesday (August 23).

As Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow enjoyed the Jamaican sun - posing for pictures astride horses in the crystal clear Caribbean Sea - they had no idea the net was closing in. They thought they'd got away with murder.

Stassi Schroeder is coming for Bethenny Frankel.

The family of a man killed in cold blood screamed at one of the murderers in court and told him he should 'hang from a noose'.

In the words of Det Chief Insp Gina Brennand, it was a 'proper whodunnit from the start'. At 6.40pm on November 24 last year, Liam Smith was shot dead yards from the front door of his home in Wigan.

The family of Liam Smith have said they will 'always love him' in a heartfelt tribute given as his murderers received life sentences.

The couple who murdered a dad in cold blood have been sentenced to life in jail today.

This is the horrifying moment Liam Smith was shot outside his home in Wigan.

Staring into the camera following their arrest in the wake of an unthinkable act of violence, this is the killer couple behind the murder of a father in a gun and acid attack. Ex-partners Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow were today (Wednesday, July 23) convicted of Liam Smith's murder.

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.

A man accused of murdering a father-of-two who was shot and attacked with acid has been removed from court after interrupting the judge's summing up.The jury in the trial of Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow, both accused of the murder of Liam Smith, 38, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, in November last year, have retired to consider their verdicts shortly before 1pm today (Tuesday, August 22).Minshull Street Crown Court has heard Mr Smith, an electrician, went on a date with Ms Fulstow, 37, in 2019.

A self confessed killer told a jury that he was seeking to implicate his girlfriend in an alleged murder because she had ‘thrown him under the bus’. Michael Hillier admits shooting Liam Smith in the face outside his home in Wigan in November last year, before dousing him in acid.

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.

A murder suspect remains sectioned under the Mental Health Act after a man in his 80s died following after being 'struck by a weapon' at a Timperley home.

Police have released pictures of a man they want to speak to after an alleged serious sexual assault on a woman in Manchester city centre.

Billy Porter is back on the market.

A woman accused of helping to plot the alleged murder of a man she’d been on a Tinder date with looked up details of his home online because she was ‘nosy’, a trial heard. Rachel Fulstow spent a fifth day being questioned about the killing of electrician Liam Smith in court.