Sarah Williams, 35, stunned Sadie Hartley with a cattle prod before stabbing her 41 times, resulting in an "orgy of violence".She attacked Ms Hartley 60 years old at her home in Helmshore, Lancashire, in a bid to win back ex-lover Ian Johnston.Williams and accomplice Katrina Walsh, 56, were both found guilty of murder and given life sentences.Walsh was ordered to serve at a minimum of 25 years in prison for her part in the killing, which was described by a judge as being "planned and practiced to the smallest detail".Jurors at Preston Crown Court deliberated for seven hours and nine minutes before delivering with a verdict at the close of seven weeks trial.What drove the woman to murder her love rival?As it happened The verdict and sentencinDaughter describe the what happened during the trial, prosecutor John McDermott QC described the duo as a self-styled "Batman and Robin but on the wrong side of the law".
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