A woman admitted in Omagh Crown Court yesterday she didn't think much of her husband Paul Gault, who was murdered by her former lover, fire chief Gordon Graham.
But the mother-of-three, Lelsey Ann Gault (37), said she was innocent of any part in his murder in the bedroom of their then Audley Avenue, Lisburn, Co Antrim, home in May 2000, for which Graham is serving life.
Cross-examined by prosecuting QC Mr Paul Ramsey, Ms Gault, now of "The Rambles", Lisburn, admitted that her public affair with Graham must have been humiliating for her husband, even if he didn't know about it.
She told the court she didn't give her neighbours or her husband "much thought" during her illicit two-year affair. "I didn't feel much for Paul, I thought our relationship had finished," said Ms Gault, but denied she had "despised" her husband.
Pressed again by Mr Ramsey, she added: "I did not have any feelings for Paul. I thought that the relationship was over and we were just living together as a couple, but not a loving couple".
She said after confessing to the affair their relationship changed, and she ended with Graham and planned to stay with her husband.
The trial continues.