Jason Statham.But the reality can be a long, long way from the fantasy.A few years ago I was part of a team that carried out research about the reality of the British “hitman”.We found that there were four types: novices, dilettantes, journeymen and – the most successful – the master hitman.I used the description “hitman” as I could only discover one woman who had ever carried out a hit – a young Maori woman living in London who had degrees in maths and chemistry, called Te Rangimaria Ngarimu.In 1992, despite seemingly being a committed Christian, she accepted a contract to kill a roofing contractor called Graeme Woodhatch.Dressed as a man, and armed with a photograph of her target and a gun, she went to the Royal Free Hospital in London.
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