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| A woman was murdered by her partner after she changed her Facebook relationship status from "married" to "single", a court has heard. | A woman was murdered by her partner after she changed her Facebook relationship status from "married" to "single", a court has heard. |
| Mother-of-four Hayley Jones, 26, was found stabbed by her young children just days after she took the action. | Mother-of-four Hayley Jones, 26, was found stabbed by her young children just days after she took the action. |
| Brian Lewis, 31, killed Ms Jones after telling friends he could not stand to lose her to another man, Cardiff Crown Court was told. | |
| Mr Lewis, of New Tredegar, Caerphilly, denies murder. The trial continues. | Mr Lewis, of New Tredegar, Caerphilly, denies murder. The trial continues. |
| The prosecution claims Mr Lewis strangled and stabbed his partner at the family home in the Phillipstown area of the town on 12 March. | |
| Mark Evans, prosecuting, told the court the pair were unmarried but had been "teenage sweethearts" from when Ms Jones was 13, and had described themselves as married. | |
| He said: "Hayley started to expand her social life and was spending a lot of time on internet sites, in particular Facebook. | |
| "She was quite secretive about this, preventing Lewis from using the site and turning the computer off. It is quite clear this rankled with him. | |
| "On March 2, she changed her Facebook relationship status from married to single and she made it clear their relationship was over." | |
| More to follow soon... | More to follow soon... |