Overview
- Jurors found Michelle Mills and Geraint Berry guilty of conspiracy to murder, while co-accused Steven Thomas was acquitted of that charge.
- Michelle Mills was also convicted of perverting the course of justice over the account she gave police after the incident.
- Prosecutors said the plot culminated on September 20, 2024, when two masked men with imitation guns raided the couple’s Cenarth holiday caravan before Christopher Mills fought them off and the attackers were arrested nearby.
- Evidence shown in court included more than 2,300 messages discussing methods such as smothering, poisoning and hiring a hitman, as well as a forged suicide note purportedly from Christopher Mills.
- Berry and Thomas had previously admitted possessing imitation firearms with intent to cause fear, and the affair between Mills and Berry began through links to a veterans’ charity.