A businessman has spoken of his horror at finding out he and his wife were the targets of a contract killing ordered by his former partner.
Colin Love said he found it hard to believe that it was the mother of his two children who had wanted him and his bride Judith dead.
He said: "I still find it almost impossible to believe that an intelligent and gifted woman would contemplate such a plan without fully realising the downside of exposure and failure. In my opinion, she has wrecked her life as a caring mother, career icon and female role model."
Mr Love, 59, was speaking after Ann Hunter, 50, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of inciting her new lover, financial adviser Anton Lee, 54, to hire a hitman.
Hunter, of Chiswick, west London, had denied the charge but had pleaded guilty to soliciting the man to cause Mrs Love grievous bodily harm with intent.
She had been the managing director of a £30 million pound company which made Tommee Tippee baby products in Northumbria until her arrest.
Hunter, who has been in custody for more than a year, shook her head as the jury of five women and seven men found her guilty.
She had told the court she could not have contemplated having Mr Love killed because she still loved him. The couple had been together for 22 years.
Lee, of Stanmore, Middlesex, who had initially been Mr Love's accountant and worked from Mayfair, pleaded guilty to soliciting murder.
Both were remanded in custody for reports and face long prison terms when they are sentenced on January 26.
