‘Not planning a murder, are you?’ How true crime fanatics are ‘using criminology degrees to inspire sick killings’

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We shone a light on the terrifying world of the British hitman, including an unassuming bar worker and a shadowy “master” lurking in the darkest corner of Britain’s criminal underbelly.

The professor interviewed a real hitman while conducting his research and found their reality was “far seedier and shabbier” than how the media portrays it.

He told The Sun: “British hitmen, and I uncovered only one hitwoman – a Maori working in a bar in London called Te Rangimaria Ngarimu ...