Liam Smith, 38, was shot and doused in acid in a joint plot to kill the father-of-two.
A woman and her ex-boyfriend have been jailed for murdering a father-of-two who she previously met on a dating app.
In a victim impact statement read to court, Mr Smith's mother, Julia, said the brutal murder had turned her family's world "upside down". "I constantly think of things he will miss out on. We will never be able to fill this massive void in our lives."The court had heard Fulstow met Mr Smith on Tinder and the pair went on a date in York in 2019.
She claimed that the first she knew of the attack on Mr Smith was when Hillier turned up at her house the following morning and told her.Hillier, who told the court he was concerned in the production and distribution of a large-scale cannabis operation, said they had both planned the attack on Mr Smith after Fulstow told him she had been "graphically raped".
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