Husband admits contract murder bid

A businessman has admitted hiring a hitman to kill his wife in a deliberate car smash.

George Wilson Fallows, 57, was determined to avoid paying his 35-year-old wife Karen a large divorce settlement.

He believed he had offered a contract killer £10,000 to smash a lorry head-on into her car but the 'killer' was in fact an undercover police officer.

Detectives secretly took Mrs Fallows into hiding and faked an accident scene in case her husband came to check the 'hit' had taken place.

He did not come to the scene but was arrested at his home on the night of the planned accident, September 10 last year.

Fallows, of Llangernyw, north Wales, pleaded guilty at Caernarfon Crown Court to soliciting the murder of his wife.

Judge John Rogers told him to expect a 'substantial period of imprisonment' when he is sentenced next month.

Mrs Fallows, who has two young children by Fallows, said she felt "relieved and numb" after her ordeal.

Speaking at a press conference, she said: "I was very frightened, shocked, worried for myself and the children.

"They weren't aware of what exactly was happening but to be taken out of the home, to go away, they knew something was up. I feel relieved that he is not going to be able to hurt me or the children.

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