‘A wicked scheme’ – Man (38) hired by jealous husband to murder his wife’s friends jailed

Alan Leech (38) (Pic: Collins) — © Collins Courts
Jessica Magee and Sonya McLean
A Dublin man who was solicited by an acquaintance to kill his wife's friends has been jailed for two years for extortion.
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