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Jericho Paradeza

Norwegian Teenager Guilty of UK Contract Killing: Did He Really Think the International Crime Gang Was a Scam?

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder at Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court on 29 July. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/GrindtXX)

On Wednesday, 29 July, Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder after travelling to England to carry out a killing ordered by an international crime gang linked to Iran.

Natland claimed he never intended to carry out the assassination, believing the offer was a joke or some sort of scam, jurors heard.

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