Life lessons for death plot wife

A cheating wife who took money from her husband's account to pay for a killer to shoot him has been asked to attend a life skills course by a judge.

Zekiye Osmankan, of Tottenham, north London, complained about her husband to a woman who suggested having him shot.

But after agreeing to the idea she told husband Cinsan about the plot and her affair, the Old Bailey heard.

She was suffering from depression at the time. Mrs Osmankan was given a 10-month sentence suspended for two years.

The court heard the 33-year-old mother-of-two pleaded guilty to soliciting murder last August.

The court heard she had agreed to the suggestion of having her husband shot while speaking to a woman at school.

You will have an opportunity to make a new life for yourself Judge Jeremy Roberts

Subsequently she withdrew £800 from her husband's account to have him killed but a day later she changed her mind and confessed to her husband.

When she contacted the woman to cancel the contract she was asked to pay £50 for cancellation.

The woman and her partner, who was supposed to carry out the shooting, were cleared of all charges when it became clear they had no intention of doing so and were testing the wife's resolve.

Sentencing, Judge Jeremy Roberts told Mrs Osmankan, a a Turkish Cypriot, that she had committed a "very serious offence" but accepted it was an "exceptional case".

The judge said he considered the fact that she was suffering from depression and that her husband "was responsible for a number of assaults" on her.

She was ordered to attend a 20-hour Skills for Life course.

Judge Roberts said: "You will have an opportunity to make a new life for yourself."