Two women have been found guilty of trying to murder their lover five times including running him over with a car and pumping him full of drugs after a row over a threesome.

Ralph Lehmann, 36, survived five attempts on his life by the two women - now jailed for attempted murder - who spiked his drink with psychotropic drugs, tried to run him over with a car, drugged him again, tried to bash his head in with a car jack, and tried to stab him.

Henriette R., 30, and her friend Michelle F., 21, have each been given four-year-sentences by a court in Frankfurt an der Oder, a town in Brandenburg, Germany, for attempted murder and GBH.

Henriette R., 30, and her friend Michelle F., 21, (left) have each been given four-year-sentences by a court in Frankfurt on the Oder, a town in Brandenburg, Germany, for attempted murder and GBH. Josephine S., 19, (right) was found guilty of agreeing to be an accomplice and was released on an 18-month suspended sentence

Lehmann had met Michelle F. via Facebook and they had reportedly engaged in occasional casual sex. Her friend Henriette (pictured) was then invited for a threesome, but Michelle allegedly demanded €800 (£712) from Lehmann

A third woman, Josephine S., 19, was found guilty of agreeing to be an accomplice and was released on an 18-month suspended sentence.

The court found that the motive for the attempted murders was apparently revenge on Lehmann after he refused to make good on a 800-EUR (712-GBP) payment to Michelle after she took part in a threesome with him and Henrietta.

However, court spokesman Schueler-Dahlke said: 'The motive for the attack could not be established 100 percent by the court.'

Lehmann told the court: 'They tried to kill me. I managed to get away. They followed me trying a few more times, but I managed to limp away with the help of a stick.

Henriette and Michelle first tried to kill Lehmann, 36, in November 2018 by giving him an overdose of psychotropic drugs in his drink.

The court heard they then drove him to woodlands near the Polish border where they gave him a further cocktail of drugs hoping to make him unconscious so they could kill him. But this did not work.

Ralph Lehmann (pictured) survived the attempts to take his life. He told the court: 'They tried to kill me. I managed to get away. They followed me trying a few more times, but I managed to limp away with the help of a stick'

The court heard how he was hit then on the head with a car jack and then they got a beer bottle out of the car and tried to hit him with that.

After three blows to the head one of the women said: 'He is still moving, we need to change that.'

They then tried to run Lehmann over, causing injuries to his hip and stomach.

Lehmann was able to escape the attempts and flee despite his injuries.

After the incident, the two women returned to the scene, but this time, the 19-year-old accomplice, Josephine, was also there to help her friends.

She allegedly said: 'If we find him, I will cut off his penis and cut out his heart.'

The court heard she googled the location of human organs on the body on her way to the forest.

Lehmann had met Michelle F. via Facebook and they had reportedly engaged in occasional casual sex. Her friend Henriette was then invited for a threesome, but Michelle allegedly demanded €800 (£712) from Lehmann.

Lehmann said: 'She said she wanted to buy something for 800 EUR. I didn't take it that seriously. The sex with Michelle was always consensual. The next morning, we all had breakfast together.

'I told her I did not have €800 to give her, but we could pay it off monthly,'

The court believes the failure to give the woman the €800 could have led to the murder attempts.

According to the court Michelle and Henrietta were so angry they made a pact to kill their lover. Their friend Josephine was then supposed to help them.