Six-year sentence for ‘Lying Eyes’

A mother-of-two who hired a hitman on-line to kill her wealthy partner and his sons was today jailed for six years at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

Sharon Collins (aged 45) with an address at Ballybeg House, Kildysart Road, Ennis, Co Clare was found guilty of soliciting Essam Eid, an Egyptian with a Las Vegas address, to kill PJ, Robert and Niall Howard in 2006 after an eight week trial earlier in the year.