Jurors in the trial of Leicestershire mum accused of murder will continue their deliberations tomorrow

Jurors in the trial of a Leicestershire mum accused of murdering her boyfriend will continue their deliberations in the morning. The jury of seven women and five men today spent four hours considering the evidence in the case of Michelle Mills before being sent home for the night. During the three week trial, the jury at Lincoln Crown Court has heard how Mills stabbed her boyfriend Eddie Miller 24 times during a drunken argument at their cottage in the village of Scalford, near Melton. Prosecution barrister Yvonne Coen QC said that Mills carried out a "remorseless one-sided attack" which left her 20 year old boyfriend bleeding to death from a number of deep wounds. She said: "While Miss Mills may have had many problems in her life in no sense do these excuse or give any defence to the charge of murder she faces." Mills admitted to the jury that she stabbed Eddie Miller and was responsible for his death, but denied she meant to inflict fatal injuries. Her barrister, Peter Lodder QC, has urged the jury to acquit her of murder, saying there was evidence that she was suffering from mental health problems at the time. Mr Lodder said: "She has, on everybody's view, some serious disorders. Whether she committed murder or not she knows she killed him." The incident followed a drunken argument at their home after they returned from a Bonfire Night party at the village pub. Mills told the jury she was subjected to domestic violence by Mr Miller and carried out the attack because she feared she was about to be assaulted. Mother-of-two Mills (31), of King Street, Scalford, denies murder on November 6 last year.