Charlotte Lindström

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Charlotte Lindström (born August 9 1984 in Sollentuna) is a Swedish model and socialite who on May 26, 2007 was arrested in Sydney, Australia on suspicion of trying to hire a hitman to kill two men who were about to testify against her boyfriend Steven Spaliviero in court. Since her arrest, she has confessed and pleaded guilty to the crimes she was under suspicion for and was later sentenced to 4 years in jail with earliest parole in may,2009. Lindström will after her release join a witness protection program as she has received death threats.^[1]

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Lindström arrived in Sydney in 2004 and worked as a waitress in a cafe and also as a part-time model in Sydney. She rented an apartment, where she met her boyfriend Spaliviero who owned the apartment complex; he worked as a property developer. They soon started a relationship. Lindström has told investigators that she soon realized that he was both a wealthy businessman and a drug dealer. In early 2007, investigators started to look into Spaliviero's business and soon found two witnesses who said they had information about the man's drug dealing business.

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Spaliviero who already was in jail phoned Lindström telling her to meet a hitman and give him money for the crime.

She contacted what she thought was a hitman but who really was a undercover policeman. The policeman on the case says that Lindström wanted to have two men murdered. They were about to testify against her boyfriend. At their last meeting Lindström handed over an envelope containing cash for the hit and information about the two men. On May 26, Lindström was arrested in central Sydney, and bail was denied. On September 18, Lindström pleaded guilty to the charges and will now have to wait sentence until March of 2008. On December 21, she pleaded guilty again but in another court in Sydney.