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[QUOTE]http://http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/...nd-two-1195913A love-cheat wife was jailed for a minimum of 23 years today after recruiting two men to murder her husband.
Charlotte Collinge, 45, lured Stephen Shreeves, 40, and Kelvin Dale, 27, back to her home with the promise of sex.
She then convinced the men to bludgeon her husband Clifford, 61, to death with a 4ft-long metal clamp.
He suffered 46 separate injuries including a broken jaw and fractured skull.
Collinge, known as ‘Charlotte the Harlot’ in her hometown, was jailed for life for a minimum of 23 years.
Shreeves and Dale were each jailed for a minimum of 18 years.
Collinge planned the murder in a bid to inherit over £1 million from Clifford’s estate.
His Honour Mr Justice Colman Treacy said: “The killing of Clifford Collinge in his own home was a truly shocking offence.
“You caused the killing for your own selfish reasons.
“He was a man who offered no harm to any of you and, over a number of years, tolerated the willful and manipulative behaviour of an unfaithful wife.
“There is evidence to show that for a period of time prior to his death, you wanted the prompt termination of the life of your husband.
"I am sure a factor in motivation was gain for yourself.”
Collinge married Clifford 14 years ago following the death of his first wife.
After selling his successful newsagent business the couple moved to Market Warsop, Notts, with their two children.
But Collinge had a string of lovers and often took men back to the marital home for sex.
In the weeks leading up to the killing she moved out to live with a 21-year-old ‘toy boy’.
On the day of the murder - October 8 last year - she told a close friend about plans to kill her husband.
She said: “I can’t take any more of him. I’ve had enough of Cliff. The only way to get him out of my life is to kill him.”
Collinge then flirted with strangers Shreeves and Dale in a wine bar before taking them to her home.
The men attacked Clifford and his friend Stephen Boardman, 36, who was knocked unconscious but survived.
Collinge, Shreeves, of Church Warsop, Notts, and Dale, of Market Warsop, denied murder but were found guilty after a trial.
Charlotte Collinge, 45, took two men back to the £400,000 house she shared with her husband Clifford Collinge, 17 years her senior, with the promise of sex.
As they approached the detached property, she told the pair - Stephen Shreeves, 40, and 27-year-old Kelvin Dale - that she 'hated' her husband, and asked if they knew anyone that could kill him.
Once there, the men launched a savage attack on the 61-year-old retired newsagent which left him with 46 separate injuries.
Collinge, who was out of the house at the time buying cocaine, returned to the house in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, to find her husband lying in a pool of blood - but stepped over his body instead of calling an ambulance.
Help was only summoned half-an-hour later by a worried friend of 44-year-old Collinge who she had spoken to on the phone.
Prosecutors said that if there had not been a delay in dialling 999, Mr Collinge may have survived.On the evidence I have heard, I’m satisfied he was a man who offered no harm to any of you and who indeed had, over a number of years, tolerated the wilful and manipulative behaviour of an unfaithful wife.'
Judge Mr Justice Treacy told Collinge she was the 'instigator' of the attack, which took place in the village of Warsop last October.
He added: 'You caused the killing for your own selfish reasons.
'There is evidence to show that for a period of time prior to his death, you wanted the prompt termination of the life of your husband. I am sure a factor in motivation was gain for yourself.'
During the trial, prosecutor Peter Joyce QC told the court that the couple, who had been together for 17 years in total, had a rocky relationship peppered with break-ups and reconciliations, and divorce had been discussed.http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...g-husband.htmlFollowing the sentencing today, Mr Collinge's daughter, Julie Bowles, said outside court: 'We are truly devastated that we will never again see our dear old dad smile, and that he will miss out on watching his beloved grandchildren grow up.To have a child ask why their grandad had to die and not know the answer myself is beyond words.
'Forty-six injuries in his own home. We are in complete shock and disbelief that this has happened to our dad.
'The knowledge that our father was forced to suffer in the way he did, as arranged by someone whom, against all the advice from his friends, he supported for so long, is an unspeakable burden of knowledge to now have to carry through our lives.
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