Cheating newlywed Michael Roberts was tonight beginning life behind bars after being convicted of murdering his loving wife.
The Phones4U store manager had been married for just five months when he killed his wife Vicky, 25, on Sunday 29 November last year.
The pair had married in June but Roberts had already begun cheating on her with a colleague Kerrie Hall, 31.
He enjoyed "gymnastic sex" sessions with her before he was married and continued them at her North Wales home just a week after getting back from honeymoon - removing his wedding ring as they enjoyed a romp spiced up with sex aids.
Ms Hall told police Roberts had twice squeezed her neck during sex and that he "liked it rough".
After becoming bored of her, Roberts dumped her and fell in love with another work colleague, Karen Wilson, 26.
His wife, an account manager at Runcorn-based Banner Chemicals, discovered the affair and pleaded with him to end it and fix their marriage.
Roberts, 26, repeatedly lied to his wife claiming he had not slept with Ms Wilson and told her the affair was over.
At the same time, Roberts was falling rapidly in love with Ms Wilson, of Bangor, sending hundreds of texts a day and telling her he cried when he thought about the wedding they could have.
A week before he murdered his wife, Ms Wilson split up from her fiance and Roberts told her he had also left Vicky.
It was just one of scores of lies Roberts had told.
Today, he was jailed for a minimum of 17 years at Liverpool Crown Court.
The Independent
