Complex sentence: A barman, James Sargent, said they had offered him $500 to carry out the killing; after a complex series of claims and counter-claims, the charges were dropped when a key witness retracted his statement.
Split into simpler sentences: A barman, James Sargent, said they had offered him $500 to carry out the killing. After a complex series of claims and counter-claims, the charges were dropped when a key witness retracted his statement.