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Two of the dumbest criminals in the history of the world were convicted today (April 3) with conspiracy to murder English pop star Joss Stone, whom they hate with a fiery passion because of her involvement with the Royal Family.

Stone attended Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton.

Kevin Liverpool, 35, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of10 years and eight months, and 32-year-old Junior Bradshaw's sentencing was adjourned. A consultant psychiatrist diagnosed Bradshaw with disorganized schizophrenia.

According to the The Guardian, in a Three Stooges-like plot to kill and rob the soul singer in her Devon, England home, the would-be murderers drove a mid-size vehicle stuffed to the roof with killing paraphernalia three-quarters of the way across the country from their Manchester apartment.

Along the way they got into an accident and were spoken to by police, and upon arrival in Stone's tiny village of Ashill, asked a postman for directions to her house using a photograph of the star.

When they rolled into her (probably affluent) neighbourhood looking dodgy as hell in a busted-up Fiat Punto, "concerned" neighbours called police and they were promptly stopped for questioning.

When they searched the vehicle, police found no less than the following: black bags, black tape, knives, two hammers, a section of garden hose, black gloves, balaclavas, a metal spike, and a mother-loving samurai sword which was apparently destined to decapitate the songstress.

Also, there were printouts of route maps from Manchester to Devon, and other "notes" which indicated the pair's intentions of beheading Stone—who they refer to as "princess"—and dumping her body in a river.

The two had denied charges of conspiracy to murder and alternative charges of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to rob, but somehow the jury felt there was enough evidence to convict them.