A WOMAN has denied making the deceased biological father of her child and his accused killer fight, a court has heard.
Maurice Jones, 25, from Nottingham, is standing trial at Winchester Crown Court after he denied murdering Tsvetomir Genov in Bemerton Heath on August 22 last year.
Follow live coverage of the trial here: Live: Maurice Jones on trial for Bemerton Heath 'murder'
The alleged crime revolves around a 'love triangle gone wrong' situation with Sinead Hughes in the third corner.
Miss Hughes was the mother of Mr Genov's child and Jones' girlfriend when Mr Genov died.
The court heard today, June 6, that Miss Hughes would complain about Mr Genov to Jones and vice versa. Despite Miss Hughes and Mr Genov separating in early 2023, it was clear the 20-year-old still loved Miss Hughes.
Soon after their separation, Miss Hughes met Jones on an online dating app called 'Wizz' in July 2023. She added him on Snapchat and pursued a relationship which "got very deep very quickly".
Miss Hughes kept Mr Genov updated on the relationship out of, what she claims to have been, "common courtesy".
"Maybe it was more lust than love but it is what it is," she told the court, admitting she regrets opening up to Jones as quickly as she did.
Within six days of their online relationship forming, Miss Hughes said she wanted Jones to move in with her "at the right time".
Jones later said he was soon to be Miss Hughes' husband and that he wanted children with her. The pair had not met in person at this point.
Miss Hughes did not hide the fact that Mr Genov was still a prominent figure in her life.
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On the same day Jones made contact with Miss Hughes he asked whether her "baby daddy" was still in her life.
She told him: "He won't be a problem he's my son's father. I will always love him because he made me a mum.
"He has to be in my life because of my son. Why do people have a problem with that? I literally see him at hand over and that's it."
To this, Jones replied: "That's understandable. I'm not knocking it. I don't have a problem, just hope it won't create one."
Minutes before Mr Genov died on August 22, Jones left Miss Hughes' flat and "had no emotion in his face and his eyes went black".
She said: "I've never seen someone so angry in my life. It frightened me."
Nicholas Cotter, defending Jones, asked Miss Hughes whether she enjoyed making the two men effectively fight over her and become jealous over her.
Miss Hughes responded: "I never made them fight over me. I never wanted them to hate each other. I wanted them to get on."
Jones denies the charge of murder. The trial continues.
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