Chinese businessman Tan Youhui was looking for a hitman to take out a competitor, Wei Mou, and was willing to pay 2 million yuan (£218,000) to get the job done.
Turned out that the hitman that Mr. Youhui hired decided to pass the offer to another hitman for half the original price. The second then subcontracted the third and so on until the fifth hitman was offended at how low the value of the contract had become. This led him to eventually hint to the police until they found out about the plot.
The businessman and all the five hitmen were convicted of attempted murder after three years of trial. The businessman who hired the hitman was sentenced for five years, the first hitman for three years and six months, the second and third for three years and three months, the fourth for three years and the last for two years and seven months.
Photo Credits: Nanning Intermediate People's Court / AFP
I've no idea how Chinese criminal law operates, but it seems odd that this would come under "attempted murder". Nobody seems to have actually gotten off their butts to make an actual attempt. In the US it seems more like it would be classed as "conspiracy to commit murder".
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This is the funniest story I've read here so far.
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