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Sarah Ward

Sentencing of ‘evil Jesus’ who plotted to kill prosecutor postponed

Martin Ready is yet to be sentenced (Police Scotland/PA) -

Sentencing of a man who claimed to identify as “evil Jesus” during a dark-web plot to kill a prosecutor has been postponed for three months for further psychiatric assessment.

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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