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Former TV location manager convicted for soliciting murder (19 May 2017)

Date: 19/05/2017
Duncan Lewis, Crime Solicitors, Former TV location manager convicted for soliciting murder

A former TV location manager who claimed he was researching a novel when he contacted three men to kill his partner has been found guilty of three counts of soliciting murder at the Old Bailey.

David Harris, 68, approached three different men on separate occasions in Kingston, Wimbledon and Balham and asked them to carry out the killing and frame it as an accident or a mugging gone wrong.

However, one of the men he contacted was an undercover police officer.

Harris was found guilty of three counts of soliciting murder on Thursday (18/05/17) after a trial at the Central Criminal Court in London.

After the hearing, Senior District Crown Prosecutor for CPS London South, Andrew Hadik, said:

“The idea that David Harris was only researching a murder mystery novel was itself a piece of fiction – he was serious about having his partner of nearly 30 years killed, so he could inherit her house in Amberley, Sussex, and start a new life with his younger lover.

“The prosecution case was that he offered these men very large amounts of money to kill her – and as proof of his intent, provided a photograph and details of where she would be.

“He used a 'burner' disposable phone to try to hide his conversations.

“Harris believed his first contact would carry out the murder – and when they did not, he expressed disappointment that she was still alive and approached someone else.

“These verdicts are a result of a strong prosecution case involving close co-operation with police during the investigation.”


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