A British jury on Wednesday convicted two men of plotting to rob and kill international pop star Joss Stone.
32-year-old Junior Bradshaw and 35-year-old Kevin Liverpool were convicted on Wednesday at Exeter Crown Court on charges of conspiracy to murder, to cause grievous bodily harm and to rob. They had denied the charges.
Prosecutors said the pair were arrested in June 2011 close to Stone's home in south-western England after suspicious neighbours reported them to the police. They were armed with a samurai sword, knives, a hammer, black bags and gloves. They planned to decapitate the singer then dump her body in a river but never reached her house.
Liverpool was given a life sentence and ordered to serve a minimum of 10 years and eight months. Bradshaw will be sentenced later.
- AP
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