Queensland woman found guilty over failed $40k plot to murder ex-husband

A Gold Coast woman who plotted to have a hitman kill her ex-husband has protested her innocence after being found guilty a second time.

Theresa Dalton, 69, cried in the Queensland Supreme Court after the jury returned its verdict on Monday.

“You’re wrong, you’ve made a mistake,” she repeated.

“How can you do this?”

Dalton was found guilty in 2019 of arranging a hit on ex-husband Malcolm Stewart in 2010 after their marriage fell apart.

She was sentenced to six years in prison and would…