A woman in the United Kingdom is accused of hatching a plan to kill her soldier husband with the help of her ex-Royal Marine lover for £124,000 ( ₹ 1.47 crore) life insurance payout. The woman, identified as 46-year-old Michelle Mills, allegedly plotted a fake armed break-in to claim the insurance payout of her husband Christopher and begin a new life with her boyfriend, Geraint Berry.
Before the two settled on faking an armed robbery, Michelle and Berry had also thought of sliding sleeping pills into his drink and then smothering him with a pillow or putting foxgloves (extremely toxic) in his salad.
The policy named Michelle as the sole beneficiary of a £124,000 payout in the event of his death.
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees KC said, “Michelle Mills and Geraint Berry had embarked on a sec