A Russian woman has been jailed after trying to hire a hitman to kill her daughter-in-law after she got fed up with her jokes . Tatiana Kudinova , 50 , told police daughter-in-law Roxanne , 30 , kept making fun of the fact that she was less well off , and decided she wanted her dead . However , the man Kudinova paid to kill Roxanne turned out to be an undercover police officer , and she was arrested . Murderous mother-in-law : Tatiana Kudinova , left , hired a hitman to kill her 30-year-old daughter-in-law Roxanne after she got tired of the latter making fun of her financial situation . Kudinova claims she fell out with her daughter-in-law after a party when the pair started arguing about who should pay for the food for the guests . After this , she says Roxanne kept making jokes about her being a 'skinflint mother-in-law ' , which irritated her so much she wanted her dead . Kudinova , from Rostov , southern Russia , then contacted a local criminal gang , offering them £1,200 to kill Roxanne . According to police , Kudinova told the gang ; ' I do n't care how she dies , I only want you to kill her ' What she did not realise was that the man she paid a £600 deposit to was in fact an undercover policeman . Caught : The 'local criminal ' Kudinova paid to kill her daughter-in-law was , in fact , an undercover police officer . Officers then devised an elaborate sting to catch Kudinova by faking Roxanne 's death and taking photos of her 'corpse ' . A police spokesman said : 'We needed to catch her in the act of paying for the murder and giving an advance payment was not enough . 'So we arranged for it to appear as though the daughter-in-law was dead , covered her in fake blood and took photos to convince the woman that the hit had taken place . 'She was arrested after handing over the rest of the money to one of of our undercover officers.\n\n . Appearing in court , the judge told her : 'You are an evil , callous woman who sought to destroy someone 's life and ruin the happiness of your son . 'You did this because of a few jokes . ' Kudinova was sentenced to nine years in prison .
Russian woman , 50 , hired 'thugs ' to kill daughter-in-law , 30 . She had gotten tired of being teased about being poor . Comment: Hitman ' she paid was in fact an undercover police officer .