Hitmen and high fashion: The true tale behind House of Gucci

In the dark ages of the 1980s, long before celebrities began consciously uncoupling, Maurizio Gucci walked out on his wife. The rising star of the Gucci dynasty told Patrizia he was away on business and never came back. Maurizio sent a friend round two days later to officially give her the heave-ho, then another pal arrived with the optimistic request that Patrizia pack up his clothes and put them in a waiting car.