A woman with a bitter hatred for her own husband hatched up a wicked plot to get him killed in a bizarre manner.
Laurence Honore
Laurence Honore, a 49-year-old woman dressed up as Catwoman in a bizarre attempt to murder her husband.
She has however gone on trial in France today.
Prosecutors claim Mrs Honore donned tight-fitting black clothing, a black motorbike helmet and latex gloves then hid in bushes with a gun outside their luxury home near Paris.
But when local politician Christian Honore returned home late from a council meeting, he 'sensed a presence' in the garden and called police .
The prosecution say officers arrived to find the oddly-dressed Mrs Honore emerging from the undergrowth brandishing a .22 Long Rifle revolver.
According to Mirror Online, the woman was arrested at the scene and later admitted to wanting to kill her husband, but said that she 'wrestled with her conscience' before losing her resolve to shoot him.
It is claimed the plot to kill Mr Honore was hatched after his bid to become mayor of the town of Valenton, east of the French capital, failed and ended in bitter family recrimination, she told police.
The mother-of-one - now dubbed Catwoman by the French media - said she had originally asked a friend and former spy for the French intelligence agency, named as Jean-Noel Naturel, to hire a hitman, which he said could be done for £4,000.
Christian Honore
It is alleged she paid the cash, but later asked for it back and told him she would commit the murder herself.
She is also said to have claimed she bought the gun from former police officer Michel Galliere, who taught her how to use the weapon.
Both men are on trial alongside Honore for complicity in the alleged attempted murder.
Her lawyer Patrick Aapian will tell the court she denies attempted murder because she 'voluntarily desisted' from killing him and turned herself in to police who arrived at the scene on the night of June 14, 2011.
Prosecutors said they were still seeking to understand the full motives of Mrs Honore, who once boasted about her happy home life in a blog called 'My Crazy Family'.
She posted photos of birthdays, walks in the park and trips to Disneyland with the slogan: "A family not quite like the others. We're working towards it becoming ordinary and normal."
A family friend told Le Parisien newspaper after her arrest: "When you know Laurence, she's a very well-dressed lady, and absolutely not sporty.
"I find it hard to imagine her squatting in the bushes waiting for Christian with a gun in her hand."
The trial at the court of assizes in Creteil, near Paris, continues and is due to last three days.