The difference between the killer in the movie and the real life

In Hollywood films, many contract assassins are built to look quite attractive, sometimes as legitimate revenge. However, is reality almost the same?

A group of academic criminals from Birmingham University (UK) conducted interviews with police, criminals, guards and analyzed case files to find answers to the above question.

Professor David Wilson, the head of the study, stated: "All the pictures in the film were" Holllywood ". The character of the contract was stylized, drawn with charisma . They were all very professional, good and extremely masculine, however, the fact that the "hired, slashed" person might be just a 16-year-old boy and paid $ 330.

In the film, murders often occur in blurry bars or casinos, but in reality, they are happening in the suburbs, in central England at a time when people are walking their dogs. Or on the way home after shopping, having dinner or going to the gym. Cases do not happen in the underworld, but exist in front of the public, often with witnesses of people passing by in cowardly panic. "

The team eventually classified contract killers into four different main categories, coming to "careers" for certain reasons.

The character assassin contracted in many Hollywood movies was stylized and drawn, sometimes a righteous villain.(Artwork: CTV)

The first is the "newcomers" , often younger and more likely to come from a problematic, nurturing foundation. According to Professor Wilson, this group has always had a desire to prove themselves in the guild or criminal gang to gradually establish a reputation from the "hired, slashing" battle .

The typical case for a new assassin assassin is 16-year-old Santre Sanchez Gayle. Gayle shot the 26-year-old Gulistan Subasi in London in exchange for more than $ 300 to buy a Gucci fake hat. The contract was successful, but Gayle had to pay for justice because he was unable to stop boasting about what he had done.

The second type is the "amateur" assassins . Professor Wilson said, this is the only type that can be considered "pushed into the path of assassin". "Amateur" assassins are often older, have no criminal records, and only need the "hire, hire" contracts as the only way to get them out of some crisis.

The typical example for this second type is Orville Wright, a former legal secretary hired over $ 8,300 to kill his ex-wife. However, Wright had a conversation with the target and lost the cheeky, unable to perform the murder contract. Due to the lack of criminal background, "amateur" assassins like Wright are also less likely to use guns.

The third type is the "mercenary" assassin - a group of experienced, sure and "skilled" people. According to Professor Wilson, although this type of assassin usually completes the number of contracts larger than any other "co-worker", it is their own relationship with the underworld in a certain area that causes them to fall. grid. Specifically, these assassins are often arrested for leaking local information or from their community to the police's ears.

The criminals Roger Vincent and David Smith are good examples of the assassin. Both abolished another criminal under the orders of the tycoon in 2000, but were quickly arrested by the police for dropping evidence at the scene and the investigating agency had enough information to track it. traces of them.

The last type is "killer boss" or "master" assassin. In all of his research, Professor Wilson and his colleagues could not find any case of assassins. However, they can identify the scary work of this target group.

The murder of gangster Frank McPhee in Glasgow in 2000 was considered a murder attempt by a "killer boss". McPhee was killed with a sniper rifle outside his home in the presence of his son. The case is described as "the most professional payment that ever happened in the UK".

Since no master assassin has been captured, it is difficult for researchers to draw up a complete record of this type of "hired, hired" crime.