The hitman story was investigated and found to be false. I just wonder why people believe JM after discovering so may inconsistencies in her story?
Julie Mugford was relating what Jeremy had told her about hiring Matthew McDonald,whether she believed this story or not. In Julie's statement there are other times when she is with Jeremy when she talks about the glove coming off in the fight(could this have been the pair of marigold gloves whose packaging was found in a nearby field),she mentions the plan the put Julie's pills in the parents' drinks,the plans Jeremy had to burn down the farm which was rejected because the house was underinsured,then the plan that Jeremy had to shoot them all.
The Defence needs to rebut these statements by Jeremy recalling just what social talk did occur on the occasions they were together,as well as the conversations they had in the weeks after the murders. Those who believe Julie is recounting a tissue of lies need to explain why Jeremy telephoned Julie three times in total over the space of a few hours shortly before and after the murders and why during Police interrogation he was reticent to the point of taciturn,when an innocent man would be only too willing to volunteer the slightest snippet of information in order to prove his innocence.