Sharon Collins who was jailed for soliciting a man to kill her partner and his two sons has been released from prison.
The 48-year-old was jailed for six years in November 2008 after a Central Criminal Court jury found her guilty of soliciting a man to murder her partner PJ Howard and his two sons Robert and Niall Howard on August 15th, 2006.
Collins, who was accused of using the internet handle “lying-eyes98” to investigate the hiring of a hitman on the internet, was also found guilty on three counts of conspiring to kill the three men.
Her co-accused Essam Eid (55) was also jailed for six years for demanding money with menaces and handling stolen property from the Howard family business.
Upon completion of his sentence, Eid was extradited to the United States to face charges relating to conspiracy with his ex-partner to extort money from a woman and intent to extort money with a threat to kill in 2006.
Collins was released from the women's Dóchas Centre in Mountjoy yesterday. She failed in an appeal against her conviction last year.