A woman has denied conspiring with her affair partner to murder her husband, a court has heard.

Michelle Mills and her lover Geraint Berry, both 46, are on trial accused of plotting to kill her husband Christopher to claim his £124,000 life insurance policy.

Mills claimed she had ‘never discussed’ her husband’s life insurance policy – but the court heard she had complete control of the finances during their marriage.

Mills and Berry allegedly began to plot the killing just weeks after Christopher’s Help For Heroes policy came into effect. Mills was the sole beneficiary.

Swansea Crown Court heard the lovers sent 2,301 messages to each other during their three-month relationship, including discussing ways to kill her husband.

Berry and fellow former soldier Steven Thomas, 47, are accuse

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