Newlywed 'murdered his wife just five months after they married when she discovered he was having two affairs'

Michael and Vicky Roberts on their wedding day in June 2009.

Mike and Vicky Roberts look the perfect newlyweds on an image on Facebook

A newlywed husband strangled his wife of just five months after she found out through Facebook that he had been cheating on her.
Michael Roberts, 26, had affairs with two women during the course of his relationship with wife Vicky Roberts, 25, and told one of them he and his wife had split up in the weeks before she died,

He had in fact professed his love for his wife and she told a friend she was determined to 'make a go of things' with her new husband.

But she was later found dead at the home they shared in Runcorn Cheshire, Roberts had continued to cheat on his wife throughout their engagement and even in the days after their wedding with colleague Kerrie Hall.

When Ms Hall was made redundant, Roberts then embarked on a second affair with another colleague at Phones 4 U, Karen Wilson, continuing to sleep with both women until September 2009 when his relationship with Ms Hall ended.
After Mrs Roberts found out about his affairs through Facebook and text messages on his phone, she confronted her husband - sometimes by letter - telling him she wanted him to end his relationship with Ms Wilson.

But even on the day of her murder there were 244 contacts between Roberts and his lover by telephone.
The court heard that Roberts, who denies murder, was said by Kerrie Hall to have 'liked it rough' and had put his hands around her neck while they had been having sex, causing her to bruise.