A solicitor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years for hiring a hitman to murder his business partner.
John Cort, 54, of Rutland Street, Leicester, was convicted at Nottingham Crown Court of killing Vina Patel so he could claim life insurance.
Hitman Brian Farrell, 37, of Queensborough Terrace, west London, was jailed for a minimum term 27 years.
They had tried to make the death, at Cort's office, look like an accident.
The body of 51-year-old Mrs Patel was found at the bottom of the stairs at Cort and Co solicitors in Blackbird Road, Leicester, on 15 January 2009.
During the trial, the court heard that debt-ridden Cort hired Farrell to commit the murder in the belief it would lead to a huge insurance payout. - BBC
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