Bizarre hitman plot reveals its final twist

“EXTRAORDINARY and bizarre.”

Counsel for the DPP, Una Ní Raifeartaigh was in no danger of understating the nature of the evidence heard in the hitman for hire murder conspiracy trial over the past two months when summing up the case for the prosecution last Friday.

She could have added “exhausting” and “sad” after three painstaking days this week when all parties nervously awaited verdicts which ultimately took the jury just one minute short of 11 hours to reach.