Martin Ready, a 42-year-old former lawyer, has been transferred to a medium-secure mental health unit awaiting sentencing for plotting to murder a prosecutor using the dark web. Ready was found guilty of attempting to conspire to murder Darren Harty by paying for a hitman on the 'Online Killers Market' website. He claimed the crime was committed during a delusional period when he believed he was an 'evil Jesus' figure. However, a jury dismissed his claim of lacking criminal responsibility. Ready is scheduled to be sentenced on May 5th.
A former lawyer who plotted to kill a prosecutor has been moved to a medium secure mental health unit ahead of his sentencing in May.
Judge Lady Hood said she was "satisfied" on the basis of medical reports that Ready was mentally ill and suffered from delusions. The men knew each other from the pub, but the court heard they had not seen each other for years before the plot.Mr Harty has strongly denied any suggestion that he was involved in money laundering for two named crime families.
The court heard how it later emerged that the website – only accessible via the dark web – was a front for a lucrative scam.Ready was arrested after a journalist investigating the highly-encrypted online network contacted police.
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