Man 'scammed husband to arrange hit on his wife but flew to Benidorm'

A neighbour scammed a husband by taking £1,500 to pay for a hitman to kill his wife - and splashed it out on a holiday to Benidorm, a court heard.

Paul Lewis, 54, is accused of handing over the cash to Dominique Saunders, 35, to arrange the murder of his ex-wife, Joanne Atkinson-Lewis, over divorce proceedings two years earlier.

Saunders allegedly claimed the hit had been carried out and even told Lewis there was photo and video 'proof' of the killing.

But the twisted tale unravelled when the former steelworker from Swansea saw Joanne 'still breathing' just days later at a beach.

A court heard that instead of organising a hit, Saunders allegedly pocketed the cash and jetted off to Benidorm for a holiday.