HITMAN Maikell Ward has been moved to an annex in Doncaster prison amid fears for his safety.
The 42-year-old was to be paid £10,000 by Darren Wilson to lure painter and decorator Andrew Burr into an empty house on the pretence of business and kill him.
But he confessed all to the police, lifting the lid on Wilson and Dean Armstrong's criminal enterprise. He then gave "compelling" evidence at the trial, sealing Wilson's conviction.
Sentencing Ward to two years for conspiracy to murder and a consecutive 18-month sentence for cultivating cannabis, Judge Michael Mettyear said: "It was courageous to tell the police. I do not underestimate the personal danger into which you have put yourself.
"Your compelling evidence was responsible for convicting your co-conspirator."
