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| A mother-of-four was murdered by her partner days after she changed her Facebook status from "married" to "single", a court has heard. | A mother-of-four was murdered by her partner days after she changed her Facebook status from "married" to "single", a court has heard. |
| Hayley Jones, 26, was found by her children at the family home after she had been stabbed. | Hayley Jones, 26, was found by her children at the family home after she had been stabbed. |
| Brian Lewis, 31, killed her 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 their home in the Phillipstown area of the town on 12 March. | The prosecution claims Mr Lewis strangled and stabbed his partner at their home in the Phillipstown area of the town on 12 March. |
| On 2 March, she changed her Facebook relationship status from married to single and she made it clear their relationship was over Mark Evans, prosecuting | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | "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 2 March, she changed her Facebook relationship status from married to single and she made it clear their relationship was over." | |
| The court heard that after Mr Lewis lost his job, creating a downward spiral on the family finances, Ms Jones took up work as a care assistant. | |
| Ms Jones was described as a "devoted mother" to the couple's four children, aged between three and 10. | |
| Kitchen knife | |
| The jury was told that Mr Lewis feared their relationship was on the rocks because of the time she spent online. | |
| The court heard Mr Lewis had threatened to kill his partner rather than lose her to another man. | |
| Mr Evans added: "But Lewis told police the only tension between him and Hayley was the use of the home computer." | |
| The court heard Mr Lewis attacked Ms Jones with a kitchen knife at 0400 GMT as she was sleeping on the settee at their home, stabbing her through three layers of clothing and two sleeping bags. | |
| He then dialled 999 and told police to come to the house but fled the scene, leaving the couple's four children to find their mother's body. | |
| Mr Lewis later gave himself up at Blackwood police station, the court heard. | |
| The trial continues. |