LOVERS GET LIFE FOR HUBBY MURDER PLOT

TARGET: Ray Weatherall A WIFE, her male lover and his daughter have been jailed for life over a plot to kill her terminally ill husband.

Ray Weatherall, 53, survived a poisoning, being shot in the face, and a swimming pool heater explosion which left him with second degree burns.

His wife Hayley Weatherall, 32, also planned to kill him using sleeping tablets and insulin.

She was told she will spend a minimum of 15 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder.

Her lover Glenn Pollard, 49, and his daughter Heather, 20, of West Stourmouth, Canterbury, were also convicted of the same charge at Maidstone Crown Court.

They were told by Judge Adele Williams they would serve at least 17 years and 15 years respectively.

The judge said: “This was cruelty of a high degree. Cold, calculated and chilling cruelty.

“You conspired to murder a man because you believed he stood in your way.

“Each of you plotted and planned to kill him with determination and persistence.”

In 2015 Mr Weatherall was told he had terminal brain cancer and he had just 18 months to live.

Last year he was told his tumours were stable and his condition has not deteriorated.

The trio then hatched a series of plots on Mr Weatherall’s life, including the swimming pool explosion and the poison plan.

Glenn Pollard had also planned to push Mr Weatherall overboard during a fishing trip on a boat they co-owned.

On November 29 last year Mr Weatherall was shot in the face at Sandwich Marina, but survived when the bullet hit his right cheekbone.

Kent Police said as well as discovering mobile phones, cameras and camouflaged clothing, a number of registered firearms were found.

A spokesman said: “The phones and electrical devices were analysed and hundreds of texts were found between Glenn and Heather Pollard.