Window Cleaning Dust Goes Down For 6 Years

A window cleaner from north London who tried to hire a hitman to kill his wife when his attempts to poison her failed has been jailed for six years. Graeme Dust, 46, of Holmwood Road, Enfield, was introduced to a man who was actually an undercover policeman, the Old Bailey heard. He admitted soliciting the murder of wife Nina, 46, who was in the public gallery when he was sentenced. She has forgiven her husband and now wants him back, the court was told.

Dust also pleaded guilty to administering poison to her, through adding sleeping tablets to tea and hot chocolate. He denied attempted murder, and this was accepted by the prosecution. Bitter taste Dust had an affair when his 20-year marriage suffered problems, the court heard. On separate occasions he added something to his wife's tea and asked her to drink a pink liquid, before putting sleeping tablets in her hot chocolate as they sat in a cafe. After Mrs Dust said her drink tasted bitter and sent it back, the owner of the business spotted white powder in the cup, said prosecution solicitor Richard Merz.

Dust asked a friend if he knew anyone who could "get rid" of his wife, but the friend went to the police, the court heard. A meeting was fixed for Dust to meet a supposed hitman, who was actually an uncover police officer. Dust told the officer he had tried to poison his wife, adding that he wanted her death to look like an accident or suicide. He received a four-year sentence for soliciting murder and a further two years in prison for the poisoning offence.

The wife whose love-rat church deacon husband poisoned her drinks then tried to hire a hitman to kill her has forgiven him. Graeme Dust, 46, was jailed for six years yesterday after admitting soliciting murder and giving poison to wife Nina, also 46.
The dad of two, a helper at the Seventh Day Adventist church his family attended, had been having an affair with a younger woman he met on his window cleaning rounds. But Nina supported him through his trial and has vowed to take him back when he leaves jail.
A source said: "On the face of it, they were a happily married couple with a church-going family. There wasn't a history of domestic violence. But there was a younger woman involved." Dust blew a kiss to his wife of 21 years in court yesterday. The Old Bailey heard how over six months he put sleeping pills in her tea and made her drink a pink liquid.
He even put pills into her hot chocolate at a cafe before asking a pal to find an assassin. The pal told police, who sent an undercover cop to meet him. He was taped ordering Nina's murder for £5,000, insisting it should look like an accident. Sleeping pills were found in his van as well as at the family home in Enfield, North London. Dust had a history of depression, the court heard. Nina, who runs a cleaning firm, would not comment yesterday. Daughter Charlotte, 18, said: "We've got nothing to say."

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Wife forgives window cleaner husband despite hitman hire attempt: A window cleaner hire boss has been forgiven by his wife who has vowed to take him back despite his admitting to attempting to hire a hitman, and repeated attempts at poisoning her. 45-year-old Graeme Dust, who runs a window cleaning hire business from his home in Enfield along with his wife, was caught out by police following a tip-off when a plain closed police office posed as a fake hitman. Mr Dust has admitted trying to organise the murder of his wife in a conversation with the policeman, who Mr Dust believed was a killer for hire.

The meeting with the fake hitman came after 6 months of botched attempts by the defendant to poison his wife by lacing her tea with dangerous levels of sleeping tablets. The defendant’s wife and victim at the centre of the case, 46-year-old Nina Dust, was in court at the Old Bailey in London this week to hear her husband admit to soliciting murder and the administration of noxious substances with intent. The court learned that Mrs Dust had visited the defendant in prison and that there was a wish on her part to reconcile with estranged husband, despite his recent actions.

Mr Dust has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, this was not been challenged by the prosecution after Mrs Dust revealed she would not supportive of this. The window cleaner hire business owner has no criminal record previous to this incident, although he does have a history of depression. Mr Dust will be sentenced in September pending psychiatric reports.

Wife vows to take back husband who tried to hire a hitman to kill her: A wife today pledged to take back her window cleaner husband even though he has admitted trying to hire a hitman to kill her. Graeme Dust, 45, tried to poison his wife Nina over six months by spiking her tea and hot chocolate with sleeping tablets, the Old Bailey heard. Then he attempted to take out a contract on her life only to discover that the would-be assassin was a policeman.

Today she watched from the public gallery as Dust pleaded guilty to administering a poisonous substance with intent and soliciting murder in October last year. He had originally been charged with attempted murder but today prosecutors accepted his not guilty plea. After "careful consideration" and discussions with Mrs Dust, they decided to leave the charge on the file and substitute an alternative count of poisoning.

The couple are partners in a window cleaning business run from their Enfield home. Prosecutor David Markham said there had been a series of "suspicious incidents" between October last year and April when Mrs Dust "experienced or tasted bitterness" in her drinks. Forensic tests revealed that Dust had been spiking them. As a result of a tip-off to police by a member of the public the Met's Serious Crime Directorate launched an inquiry which led to Dust meeting an undercover officer in April. He was recorded in a car attempting to arrange the murder of his partner, the court heard.

James Scobie, defending, said: "From the recording of the conversation in the vehicle with the undercover officer and this defendant it is clear the discussion is with a view to the murder of his wife." The court heard Dust had a history of depression and other issues but no previous convictions. Mrs Dust, also 45, had shown a "clear determination on her part" to reconcile with him and has visited him in prison. Dust, who appeared by videolink, was remanded in custody for reports and will be sentenced next month.