By Hannah Rand

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A Florida woman has been found guilty of orchestrating the brutal killings of her millionaire husband and his eighty-six-year-old mother in a grab for the family estate.

Former stripper Narcy Novack, 55, ordered the savage beatings by hitmen of Ben Novack Jr in a New York hotel as well as Bernice Novack in another calculated incident in her Fort Lauderdale home.

Her brother Cristobel Veliz, 58, was also charged with racketeering, which prosecutors pushed for both siblings, rather than murder, as it carries a mandatory life sentence.

Brutal murder: Narcy Novack [left] has been accused of ordering the gruesome murder of her millionaire husband Ben Novack Jnr [right] and his eight-six-year-old mother

Brutal murder: Narcy Novack [left] has been accused of ordering the gruesome murder of her millionaire husband Ben Novack Jnr [right] and his eighty-six-year-old mother

The horrendous 2009 killings were shockingly gruesome - involving Mr Novack having his eyes slashed with a knife while he was still alive. His ex-model mother had her head bashed in with a plumber's wrench, reports Associated Press.

U.S. attorney Preet Bharara said Novack and Veliz 'will now have to answer for the blood of Ben Novack and his elderly mother'. He also called the slayings 'sadistic'.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore called the defendants 'modern-day public enemies'.

Prosecutors said Novack and Veliz were motivated by 'jealousy, retribution and greed' when they hired the thugs who carried out the killings. 

They said Novack feared that her husband, who was having an affair with porn star Rebecca Bliss, would divorce her, and that a prenuptial agreement would bar her from the multimillion-dollar estate.

Rage: Novack [pictured] feared that her husband, who was having an affair with porn star Rebecca Bliss, would divorce her, and a prenuptial agreement would bar her from the multimillion-dollar estate

Rage: Novack [pictured] feared that her husband, who was having an affair with porn star Rebecca Bliss, would divorce her, and a prenuptial agreement would bar her from the multimillion-dollar estate

Sadistic slayings: Bernice Novack [left] was also murdered by hitmen ordered by her daughter-in-law and her brother Cristobel Veliz [right]

Ben Novack Jr. had a successful travel company. His father built the iconic Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, a celebrity hangout in the Fifties and Sixties that appeared in the movies Scarface and Goldfinger.

Novack paid her brother to hire hitmen to assault the victims and identified her husband to the killers by stroking his hair in a restaurant. 

Key witness: Former prostitute Rebecca Bliss was having an affair with Mr Novack and says he was planning on divorcing his wife

Key witness: Former prostitute Rebecca Bliss was having an affair with Mr Novack and says he was planning on divorcing his wife

Key witness Rebecca Bliss, a former prostitute and porn actress, said she was having an affair with Ben Novack when he was killed.

Mr Novack became smitten with Ms Bliss after her paid her $600 for sex.

He wooed her with a $4,000 spa escape, set her up in Fort Lauderdale condo and bought her a cell phone, $10,000 in furniture, $10,000 worth of music equipment and a little toy poodle, reports the Miami Herald.

The couple planned to start a more serious relationship and Narcy Novack felt threatened.

Ms Bliss said Narcy Novack tried to buy her off for $10,000 and told her, 'If she couldn't have him, no other woman was going to have him'.

Another witness, hit man Alejandro Garcia, said he killed Bernice Novack by slamming her in the head with a wrench in the driveway of her home on April 4, 2009. 

He and Joel Gonzalez testified that they beat Ben Novack to death with dumbbells three months later.

He said Veliz promised him $15,000 and 'a good tip'.

The family intrigue in the case deepened when the defense strategy turned out to be blaming May Abad, who was Narcy Novack's daughter and Ben Novack's stepdaughter.

Defense attorneys said Ms Abad, who wasn't charged, could benefit by ordering the killings and framing her mother because her two sons would then inherit the bulk of the family estate - which includes Ben Novack's valuable collection of Batman memorabilia - if Narcy Novack were convicted.