Nicola Puddicombe denies she was the one who hatched a plan to kill her boyfriend Dennis Hoy in 2006 with her then-girlfriend Ashleigh Pechanluk for a $250,000 life insurance policy for which Puddicombe was the sole beneficiary.

She also says she’s changed despite the fact she’s now romantically involved with a woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.

During a fiery cross-examination at her faint hope hearing in a downtown Toronto courtroom Monday, Crown prosecutor Alice Bradstreet accused Puddicombe of finally taking accountability for Hoy’s murder so the jury would believe she’s changed.

“Ms. Puddicombe, you’re trying to trick this jury in taking responsibility at this late time, to show you’re rehabilitated and remorseful,” Bradstreet suggested.

Puddicombe denied the

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