MDN wrote:A woman who hired a hitman to murder the wife of her lover, and then complained to police when he didn't do the job, has been arrested along with the hitman, police said.
The murderous intentions of Eriko Kawaguchi, a Tokyo Fire Fighting Department employee, came to light after she complained to police because the hitman didn't carry out the job, although she paid him about 15 million yen.
... Tabe offered to murder the target by taking her on a motorbike into a tunnel and pouring poisonous bacteria over her.
... But the wife of Kawaguchi's lover was never attacked and recently gave birth.
Six months later, Kawaguchi then went to the Tama Chuo Police Station and made a complaint, police said. Officers are grilling Tabe about the possibility of other murder contracts ... more
What has the world come to when you're fleeced by a hitman.

