When you heard of stupidity of this magnitude it used to be safe to assume it hadn't occurred in Australia. Not anymore.
Sadly Cliff Hardy, it still happens.
Even today, I had experienced it with an EX years ago, lucky for me after a few close calls which I was aware, some I was unaware of, but after an close incident, girlfriend saw common sense and said no more. When I was informed I was stunned at the spitefulness the two of them would go
There was the Krope case in Melbourne, where a Guy plotted with his Mistress to kill his wife just over 15 years ago, both got charged, he took his own life life ,mistress did time in prison. Before Court, they wanted so much to be together, after their arrest they both hated each other.
Another case, which I thing was a a strangest case was a guy and his girlfriend plotting to do away with his wife, this was after the Krope Case , I think about 7 years ago The plan was when everything was set in place and Timing was perfect as well as the weather and witnesses, they had cased out where cameras were in St Kilda.. so this was being arranged for some weeks. He would go out to Dinner with wife, if everything is perfect timing , suggets wife to take a walk along while he goes and buys something, call Mistress, this is it, she drives to street near beach with indenticial change of clothes/shoes which he changes into before raising the alarm regarding his spouse. Scarying thing was they came so close, to perfect crime, they were using public telephones to use to contact each other during their long affair and recent plotting. They thought they were so clever would not be caught However the last few phones calls were being monitored by the Victorian Drug Squad, as this Phone Booth was being also used to traffic Drugs. Thank heavens the squad took action when call came through of it happening tonight and arrested stopped the Wife and arrested the couple, both are jailed , both now hate/blame each other.
IMO, sadly in this case we are seeing the same thing, they will turn and blame each other .