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Nick Forbes

Judge orders ‘evil Jesus’ who plotted to kill lawyer to be moved to secure unit

Martin Ready was convicted following a trial at Glasgow High Court (John Linton/PA) - (PA Archive)

A judge has ordered that a man who plotted to kill a prosecutor while claiming to be suffering from delusions that he was “evil Jesus” be moved to a medium secure mental health unit ahead of his sentencing in May.

Martin Ready, 42, was found guilty of attempting to conspire to murder Darren Harty by using cryptocurrency to pay for a hitman on the dark web following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last year.

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