Victim's ex-wife 'lied to police' about plan

JURY HEARS MORE IN CITY ACID ATTACK CASE

- By CARL EVE

Danny Cahalane, 38, who died after being sprayed with acid

(DEVON AND CORNWALL POLICE)

A JURY has been told that the ex-wife of Danny Cahalane, who died after being sprayed with corrosive sulphuric acid over an alleged drug debt, had lied to police and to him about her involvement in an organised crime group's plans to target him.

The trial of 10 people - seven men from London and three women from Plymouth - continued on Friday afternoon (January 23) at Winchester Crown Court, with lead prosecutor Joanne Martin KC highlighting the weeks leading up to his alleged attempted kidnapping on January 19, 2025, in Oreston; the acid attack at his front door on February 21, 2025; and his death a few weeks later on May 3, at the age just 38.

The jury was previously told that Danny was a "drug dealer in Plymouth who owed a large amount of money to another drug dealer further up the chain of command" suggesting it was around £120,000 in total.

During the morning part of Friday's hearing, which The Herald reported yesterday, the jury was reminded of the drug boss Ryan Kennedy - known as Frost - who had repeatedly demanded the money from Danny, issuing a series of threats and eventually telling the Plymouth father "you're gonna die".

Ms Martin KC had also highlighted a series of messages between Paris Wilson, who is Danny's ex-wife, and her mother, which suggested she was fully aware of Frost's anger and how she was being offered money to tell him where Danny was.

The jury was told by Ms Martin KC that the prosecution's case was that there was "no doubt at all that Paris Wilson set Danny up; no doubt at all that she told Frost exactly where Danny would be at about 10am on Sunday, January 19" as only she knew where he would be at that time, having arranged it with him.