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Llanelli woman and ex-soldiers plotted husband's murder, court hears
Three defendants deny plotting a staged armed break-in to kill the husband and claim the plan was fantasy despite extensive incriminating messages, prosecutors said.
- On September 20, Christopher Mills answered a knock at his Cenarth caravan and fought off two masked men who burst in, injuring him before they fled; Michelle Mills, Geraint Maverick Berry and Steven Derwyn Thomas face trial at Swansea Crown Court.
- Amid a secret affair, court documents show Michelle Mills, 46, had Geraint Berry, ex-Royal Marine, recruited to kill her husband Christopher, with a life policy of 124,000 pounds taking effect a month earlier.
- Court evidence includes extensive text exchanges and detailed killing methods, with messages discussing poisoning, smothering, and threats, while police recovered gas masks, cable ties, pliers, and a fake `suicide note` and found Geraint Maverick Berry and Steven Derwyn Thomas hiding in bushes.
- At Swansea Crown Court, all three defendants deny conspiracy to murder, Berry and Thomas have pleaded guilty to firearm possession but deny murder involvement, and Michelle Mills denies attempting to pervert justice.
- The trial continues as prosecutors prepare to present more digital evidence, shocking the Welsh community while the court will see messages including one from Michelle Mills saying `Police have been called. Delete all contact on both phones.
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