Intended murder victim sent partner to find computer files

A Clare man whose partner is accused of hiring a hitman to kill him and his two sons has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he asked his partner to travel to America last year to find the woman she says had access to computers used to contact the hitman website.

Mr PJ Howard told prosecuting counsel Mr Tom O’Connell SC that he asked Sharon Collins to go to Las Vegas in search of Maria Marconi in July 2007.