Talented footballer Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, agreed to shoot an unknown target for 25,000 euro (£21,500) in March last year. He was controlled by an English-speaking boss called “Agent 47”, in apparent reference to the Hitman gaming and movie franchise. Natland told jurors: “I wasn’t an international assassin. He told jurors: “I was going to look like an idiot but desperate times call for desperate measures. Prosecutor Alistair Richardson told jurors: “The reality is the defendant is a troubled but dangerous young man.