THE lover of a hitman has told how he confessed to her that he had been offered £10,000 to kill someone.
Rachelle Preshaw revealed the confession as she gave evidence at the trial of Lisa Fairpo and Darren Wilson at Hull Crown Court.
Mrs Fairpo is accused of plotting with her former lover Mr Wilson, 45, to murder her
husband Andrew Burr to get a £750,000 life insurance payout.
Hitman Mikhail Ward has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and claims he had been offered £10,000 to carry out the killing.
Miss Preshaw, the partner of hitman Ward, told the jury he had confessed to her he had been hired to kill someone and he was "scared".
The court heard he told her Mr Wilson's brother Dean
Armstrong had offered to pay him £10,000 for the hit.
She said: "He became distant and very stressed, he would never sit down when he was in the house.
"He said he had been asked to kill somebody.
"He said he had been offered a lot of money to do it, £10,000.
"He said he was very scared by it. He said Dean Armstrong had offered to pay the money.
"He wouldn't answer any questions regarding it, he wouldn't speak about it no
matter what I asked him."
Miss Preshaw told the court Ward ran away to London in April and was going to confess to the police.
She said: "He called and said he was waiting for the police to call. He just said he was going to tell them everything.
"He sounded very scared, really upset. He had gone on the Sunday.
"On the Monday, Dean Armstrong came looking for him."
In cross-examination, Mr Wilson's barrister John Thackray said: "You said last year he went missing in London. You were suspicious this time it was just another jaunt and a
disappearing act.
"He tells you he has been asked to kill someone. He is saying there is a good reason why he is going missing. He said he was doing it for you."
Miss Preshaw: "He thought him staying around here would put us at risk. He said he was doing it for us."
"He was not in a good place, he was very worried.There was a big change in his behaviour. He just seemed very, very stressed all the time.
She agreed with Mr Thackray that her partner had told her that he had been a paratrooper, had served tours of duty in Kosovo and Northern Ireland and had killed people. Ward had earlier told the jury he had lied to his partner and had never been on a tour of duty.
Mrs Fairpo, of Northside Road, Hollym, and Mr Wilson, of Appin Close, Bransholme, deny conspiracy to murder and the trial continues.
