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A study into homegrown assassins makes for chilling reading.
Ever wondered how professional hitmen actually work? A new study from Birmingham City University has shed some light on the shady world of assassins in the UK.
The British Hitman: 1974-2013, from the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, analyses criminal justice data, interviews with people who know how assassins work, court testimony and newspaper coverage to build a picture of the kind of people who carry out murders for money.
There are relatively very few contract killings in the UK, compared to other countries, but the ones that do happen are far removed from the Hollywood cliches of professional hitmen.
The study says the amount of money that changes hands is very small, "lower than what one would expect as compensation for efforts and risks of the hiree."
The average cost of a "hit", the researchers say, is £15,180, with £100,000 being the biggest price they uncovered, from a 1994 killing.
The average age of a hitman in the UK is 38, but killers can be as young as 15.
The youngest killer profiled in the study is Santre Sanchez Gayle, who was only 15 years old when he killed Gulistan Subasi in North London in March 2010. He got £200 for his trouble and spent it on a Dolce & Gabbana beanie hat.
Gayle was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison and the police considered the murder to be the work of a "professional". He was caught after his bragging about the crime prompted a friend to tell the police.
The oldest killer the study could find was 63.
Tuesday is the most popular day of the week to carry out a hit.
The researchers add that March, May and July were the most common months for a hit to take place, but they also caution that neither of these facts are statistically significant.
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