Solicitor jailed for murder

A SOLICITOR was jailed for life for arranging the "calculated and ruthless" contract killing of his business partner to get a life assurance payout.

Vina Patel, 51, was found dead in her office in Cort & Co solicitors in Leicester, on 15 January last year. Yesterday, John Cort, 54, of Rutland Street, Leicester, and Brian Farrell, 37, of Queensborough Terrace, west London, were found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of murdering Ms Patel. They were sentenced to life imprisonment.