Woman jailed over pizzeria death

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A woman has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for her part in the murder of a pizzeria manager in Glasgow.

Marion Hinshelwood, 44, admitted the culpable homicide of Eleni Pachou, who was stabbed to death in Di Maggio's restaurant in May 2008.

She pleaded guilty on the basis that she provided the knife which Juan Carlos Crispin used to kill Ms Pachou.

Crispin, 37, was found guilty of the killing last month and jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.

Hinshelwood, of Marchmont Terrace, Glasgow, was a cleaner in the same restaurant where Greek national, Ms Pachou, was killed.

She had been having an affair with Crispin, who was from Spain.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that Crispin had tried unsuccessfully to persuade Hinshelwood to kill Eleni, before carrying out the murder himself.

The cleaner had checked the work rota at Di Maggio's in Ruthven Lane for Crispin to ensure that Ms Pachou would be closing up alone.

Crispin then met Ms Pachou at the restaurant, where he used to work, and shared drinks and cocaine with her before carrying out the killing.

Ms Pachou moved to Scotland from Greece after the death of her mother

The Crown accepted that Hinshelwood was not in Di Maggio's when Eleni was attacked, but she did admit to buying the knife used in the killing.

Passing sentence, Lord Turnbull told Hinshelwood: "When I sentenced Juan Carlos Crispin I told him what he had done to this young woman defied belief.

"What he did illustrated the nature of his own callous character. He and only he was responsible for the murder.

"You have admitted you shared a responsibility that her life was taken. By association you aided him by checking the rota and purchasing the knife."

Personality disorder

Lord Turnbull said that Hinshelwood, who has been diagnosed as suffering from a dependent personality disorder, had been manipulated by Crispin.

He added: "This is illustrated most powerfully by the fact he actually thought he could persuade you to kill Miss Pachou for him.

"You did tell the police what occurred and you acknowledged your guilt at an early stage. You also gave evidence in the case against Juan Carlos Crispin."

Crispin had tried to blame the murder on the restaurant cleaner

Lord Turnbull told Hinshelwood that she would have been jailed for six years if it had not been for her early plea.

Crispin was caught after he left gloved impressions at the murder scene which contained his blood mixed with that of Ms Pachou.

There were also records of phone calls he and Hinshelwood made in the lead up to the murder and afterwards.

These calls were analysed by police experts and formed part of the compelling case against Crispin.

Crispin's DNA was also found on Ms Pachou's left cheek and on the rucksack she was wearing when she was killed.