Bungling would-be-hitmen foiled after accidentally ringing victim by sitting on phone

A pair of bungling would-be-hitmen were foiled by police after one of the alleged co-conspirators sat on his mobile phone accidentally "butt-dialling" the potential victim and revealing the details of their planned hit, police have said.

Larry Barnett, a used car dealer from Jonesboro, was reportedly in the process of plotting the murder of his former employee, James Macom, when he accidentally dialled his phone while talking to a hit man.

According to reports the two men were discussing the details of the hit, including where Macom lived and why and how he should be killed, when Mr Barnett 'unknowingly made' a phone call to his former employee.

During the call, which lasted around an hour and a half, Barnett was allegedly heard telling another man to do whatever it took to kill Mr Macom.

From Guardian