Man who tried to hire 'unhinged' hitman in 'grotesque plan' to kill couple begins prison sentence

Kennedy began his sentence today in order to allow time for the child and family agency Tusla to put in place supports for his children

He has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. File picture

A husband who tried to hire an "unhinged" hitman in a "grotesque plan" to kill a couple who were having an "online affair" with his wife has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Thirty-five-year-old Bryan Kennedy, with an address at Mount Tallant Avenue, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6W, was sentenced on Monday at the Central Criminal Court by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs to five years' imprisonment with the final six months suspended for six months.