Katie Foreman's killers

KATIE FOREMAN'S FOUR KILLERS.

THE 31-YEAR-OLD LAWYER WAS BURNED TO DEATH WHEN A BLAZE ENGULFED HER HOME IN CORRIMAL IN WOLLONGONG'S NORTH IN OCTOBER 2011.

BERNARD JUSTIN SPICER, 33

* Offered "pathetic reward" of $3000 to murder Ms Foreman in October 2011

* Doused her bedroom with petrol before Evans ignited a fire lighter

* Two prior assault convictions

* History of alcohol and drug abuse

* Violent stepfather throughout childhood

* Sentenced to a minimum of 24 years and a maximum of 32

BRADLEY MAX RAWLINSON, 42

* The "principal and driving force" behind Ms Foreman's murder

* Ms Foreman's on-and-off again boyfriend of four years

* Began intimate relationship with co-offender Wendy Evans in August 2011

* Manipulated Evans into killing Foreman

* Paid for the killing

* "cold, calculating" and a compulsive liar

* sentenced to a minimum of 27 years and a maximum of 36

WENDY ANNE EVANS, 41

* Became friends with Ms Foreman in November 2010 after she began working in the court system

* Became jealous when she discovered Ms Foreman had been intimate with her former lover and convicted criminal Scott Field

* 28 July, 2011 Evans wrote on her Facebook page "note to self: count to ten ... murder is still against the law"

* Contacted Proud to see if she knew anyone who could harm Ms Foreman

* Sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 24

MICHELLE SHARON PROUD, 31

* Approached by Ms Evans about recruiting someone to hurt Ms Foreman

* Played a "passive role" in the murder

* Judge found she did not intend to kill Ms Foreman, only to harm her

* Diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder

* Sentenced to a minimum of 14 years and a maximum of 20