Pair jailed for 55 years for '˜demonic' stun gun murder
Sarah Williams, 35, shot successful businesswoman Sadie Hartley, 60, with a 500,000-volt stun gun as her unsuspecting victim answered the door at her home.
Seconds later she used a kitchen knife to stab the mother-of-two in the face and neck, inflicting more than 50 injuries, before leaving her in a pool of blood in the hallway of her home in Helmshore, Lancashire.
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Hide AdEarlier today she was convicted of the murder on January 14, alongside her accomplice, horse riding instructor, Katrina “Kitt” Walsh, 56, following a seven-week trial.
Both women, from Chester, had denied murder and blamed each other.
Williams was jailed for life, with a minimum term of 30 years, while Walsh was also jailed for life, with a minimum sentence of 25 years.
The judge at Preston Crown Court, Mr Justice Turner, said the crime was pure evil and described Williams and Walsh as ‘moral degenerates’.