Sex, lies and emails: Irish court gripped by bizarre internet murder conspiracy

Divorcee guilty of plotting to kill partner and sons Jury told of fake marriage, sex clubs and US ‘hitman’ Henry McDonald in Dublin The Guardian , Friday July 11, 2008 It is a bizarre tale of a would-be …

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