A woman who confessed to engaging in an extramarital relationship has made a court appearance facing allegations of conspiring with her ex-Royal Marine partner to murder her husband. Michelle Mills, aged 46, denied discussing her husband Christopher’s life insurance. According to court proceedings, Mills and her lover Geraint Berry, also 46, who denies any involvement in the conspiracy, planned to kill her husband shortly after his £124,000 Help For Heroes policy became active.
During her testimony at Swansea Crown Court, Mills stated that she managed the couple’s finances, clearing Chris’ debts with no savings left. When asked about her husband’s life insurance by Caroline Rees KC, Mills claimed that it was never a topic of discussion.
The court was informed that Berry and another ex-soldier, Steven Thomas, 47, who also denies any conspiracy, targeted the couple’s caravan in Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, armed with imitation firearms in September of the previous year.
Mills expressed feeling bullied and dehumanized by her husband, an ex-RAF aerial erector, and revealed plans to divorce him while engaging in an affair with Berry. The court revealed that the pair exchanged 2,301 messages during their three-month relationship, discussing both sexual matters and ways to harm her husband.
While Mills denied any intention to harm Mr. Mills, she clarified that the conversations were purely fantasy. Following the attack, she messaged Berry to flee and instructed him to erase all communication. She believed he would respond, denying involvement.
Mrs. Mills also texted Berry during the incident, seeking reassurance, and later inquired about injuries sustained. Berry and Thomas, masked and armed with imitation guns, were eventually apprehended by police, with incriminating items found in their possession.
In a peculiar twist, a fabricated suicide note addressed to Mrs. Mills, nicknamed “Babs,” was discovered. All three individuals involved, Berry, Thomas, and Mills, have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder charges.
Mrs. Mills additionally refutes attempts to obstruct justice by deleting messages and misleading the police. The trial, anticipated to span three weeks, is ongoing.
