FOR a man whose ex-wife tried six times to hire a hitman to kill him, Rob Parkes seems remarkably relaxed.
His world fell apart when detectives discovered a secret phone recording of his former partner plotting to have him murdered so she could get custody of their teenage daughter, Grace.
Rob says: “She wanted me dead. Gone, erased, deceased – actually, physically and entirely dead.
“I heard the voice I had once loved so much – a smiley voice, a welcoming voice – discussing how I should meet my end.
“Kicked to death in a forest? Or shot? What would be best and what were the prices?”