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. Detectives, little did they know, were finally onto them following an intensive investigation.
In the wake of Liam Smith's death, cops were clutching at straws. They had limited evidence. There were no witnesses, no weapon and no suspects.
Mr Smith's body was found in the street by a passer-by, but nobody knew what had happened. Join our FREE Manchester Crime and Court WhatsApp group by clicking here The horrors of his final minutes would later become horrifically clear.
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