Wife accused of plotting with medicine kingpin to homicide her ex-husband in doorstep acid assault tells court docket she thought he was simply going to get a ‘punch within the face’
A mother who is accused of plotting her ex-husband’s murder in a doorstep acid attack carried out by a drugs kingpin told a court today that she thought he would only get a ‘punch in the face’ after sharing his location.
Paris Wilson, 35, denied planning to murder her ex-husband Danny Cahalane, who was ‘doused in acid’ in his own home after the ‘acrimonious’ breakdown of their marriage.
Wilson, a business development worker, allegedly fed information about Mr Cahalane to a drugs kingpin, to whom he owed £120,000 to after gambling away his money.
The court previously heard that Wilson told her mother that the drug lord known as ‘Frost’ would pay her a few thousand pounds for her ex-husband’s location.
Today Winchester Crown Court heard that Wilson only expected Mr Cahalane to receive a punch.
She said: ‘I certainly never foresaw anything more than a punch in the face.
‘A better way to say it was that he would get into a fight.’
Wilson confirmed that she had spoken to ‘Frost’, real name Ryan Kennedy, over Snapchat where she was offered money for providing her ex-husband’s address.
Danny Cahalane was doused in acid’ in his own home after the ‘acrimonious’ breakdown of his marriage with Paris Wilson
Mr Cahalane’s ex-wife Paris Wilson, 35, who he shares a child with, is on trial accused of murder
She told the court: ‘He said if he could collect some money off Danny and I was to assist in collecting the money off Danny he would give me some of the money that he collected.
‘I could have done with the money to be honest because Danny wasn’t giving me money.’
She spoke to her mother about using the money to pay for a trip to Turkey, the court heard.
She said that drug kingpin Kennedy had told her that Mr Cahalane’s debt was ‘everybody’s debt’ – meaning everyone in Mr Cahalane’s life.
Mr Cahalane was a drug dealer who was ‘doused in acid’ at his home in Plymouth, Devon, last year. He died in hospital from his injuries 10 days later.
Kennedy was operating out of Dubai and orchestrated the hit on Mr Cahalane to show him ‘who was boss’, jurors were told.
Kennedy is not on trial and has not been charged with any crimes as he is ‘almost certainly’ in Dubai, Winchester Crown Court heard in January.
Today Wilson, who shares a child with Mr Cahalane, also said that it was ‘mortifying’ to have police officers come to the Crossfit gym where the couple was known by the community.
Danny Cahalane, 38, was murdered in a doorstep acid attack over his £120,000 debt after he gambled away a drug kingpin’s money, a court heard
The two had met when Cahalane was in prison. The pair would speak on the phone for hours at a time and eventually struck up a relationship when he left prison.
They then started a Crossfit gym together.
She went on to do admin for the gym they ran together, while Mr Cahalane worked long hours coaching at the gym.
Wilson told the court that the business was then doing ‘really well’ and ‘financially it was enough to live on in a good way’.
Wilson then had a daughter with Mr Cahalane.
The couple were taking their daughter back home from nursery one day when plain-clothed police officers arrived at their home to arrest Mr Cahalane, who had drugs on him at the time.
She said: ‘I was furious – it was harming everything that we built, it felt like it was worth nothing.
‘We had police officers, doctors, all sorts of people come to the gym and it was just mortifying.
Mr Cahalane, pictured with ex-wife Wilson, was ‘doused in acid’ at his home in Plymouth
Mr Cahalane was charged and given a suspended sentence for this offence after Wilson gave the court a reference saying that she ‘wouldn’t be able to cope’ with childcare without him.
The relationship fell apart after this.
Two men then allegedly broke into Mr Cahalane’s home in February last year and threw sulphuric acid all over his body.
He was treated in hospital for ten weeks but died in May from his horrific injuries.
In total nine people are on trial at Winchester Crown Court.
Wilson, from Plymouth, is accused of murder, manslaughter, participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, attempted kidnap and attempted grievous bodily harm with intent.
In January, the court heard she messaged her mother saying: ‘Frost is saying he will pay me if I find where he is today… he said he will pay me a few grand and double what Dan owes you and give you an oz….so 600 and a oz.’
She added that he was ‘minted’ and said: ‘They can’t handle any more of his lies… he’s in so much debt’.
Referring to Mr Cahalane’s new partner Michaela, she said: ‘They said they’d grab her and get her to take them to him… and she’s a c*** tbh mum so I don’t care.’
She also said: ‘I’m worried about my karma, but at least nobody but Dan gets hurt, and he did f*** massively with my life…and he deserves it.’
The prosecutor said at the time that there was ‘no doubt’ that she set him up because ‘she told Frost exactly where Danny would be at about 10am on Sunday 19th January’, and ‘only she could have known that he was dropping off their daughter that morning at her house’.
Mr Cahalane was threatened on January 19, 2025 by men who tried to rip his car door open as he shut it. They were, according to Ms Martin, acting on Frost’s orders.
Frost is said to have later told Mr Cahalane: ‘Your mum’s house going alight tonight as well. And your girls. And you’re gonna die. I’m a millionaire I ain’t stopping until your dead.’
The others accused of murder are five men from London – Abdulrasheed Adedoja, 23, Ramarnee Bakas-Sithole, 23, Israel Augustus, 26, Isanah Sungum, 22, Brian Kalemba, 23 and one woman from Plymouth, Jude Hill, 43.
These defendants have also pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter against Mr Cahalane.
Wilson also told the court that she unexpectedly became pregnant with her first child with a man while she was doing a Biomedical science degree in Portsmouth.
Wilson then switched to do a political science degree, which she completed, before then completing a Master’s in public administration with the Open University.
By 2025, she was working in business development for Briggs Marine, an environmental and marine services company.
Adedoja, Bakas-Sithole, Augustus, Wilson, Sungum and Kalemba have all denied participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, along with Jean Mukuna, 23, and Arrone Mukuna, 25 from London.
Adedoja, Bakas-Sithole, Wilson, Jean Mukuna and Arrone Mukuna have pleaded not guilty to the attempted kidnap of Mr Cahalane.
The trial continues.
