Woman accidentally throws away boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin fortune

Halfina Eddy-Evans says she took an aged hard thrust to the extremity successful Wales, having nary thought it contained 8,000 bitcoins, mined by James Howells backmost successful 2009. It is present worthy millions

A pistillate has spoken retired astir the infinitesimal she realised she threw distant £569million by mistake and however she told her ex-boyfriend she mislaid his fortune.

Halfina Eddy-Evans says she took an aged hard thrust to the extremity successful Wales, having nary thought it contained 8,000 bitcoins, mined by James Howells backmost successful 2009 - and present worthy the staggering sum.

He is present warring for the close to hunt the landfill extremity tally by Newport Council, wherever Halfina said she took the hard thrust containing the 'key' astir a decennary ago.

The mates person since divided up, but she told Mail Online that she hopes her ex finds it, not becuase she wants immoderate of the cash, but to unopen him up.

She said: "Yes, I threw distant his rubbish, helium asked maine to. The machine portion had been disposed of successful a achromatic sack on with different unwanted belongings and helium begged maine to instrumentality it away. I had nary thought what was successful it but I reluctantly dropped it disconnected astatine the section extremity connected the mode location from going connected the schoolhouse run.

"I thought helium should beryllium moving his errands, not me, but I did it to assistance out. Losing it was not my fault. I'd emotion thing much than him to find it. I'm sick and bushed of proceeding astir it."

James Howells is present taking the assembly to tribunal successful his last bid to unearth the 'key' to a Bitcoin jackpot. That integer cardinal is connected a laptop hard thrust helium believes is presently buried determination successful 110,000 tons of rubbish successful a adjacent landfill, which has present grassed over.

The 'lost' luck astatine today's prices makes his Bitcoin worthy £569m and helium has pledged to donate 10 per cent of proceeds backmost to his section area.

Ms Eddy-Evans, a mum of two, added: "Part of maine thinks the assembly should fto the extremity tract beryllium dug up, it's not helping his intelligence wellness with the thoughts of sitting successful a luck helium can't get. But the different portion thinks for him conscionable to driblet it and fto it go.

"I person nary assertion connected immoderate wealth helium could beryllium worth. He is the begetter of my 2 sons but I don't privation a penny of his money."

A Newport City Council spokeswoman said: "[The] Council has been contacted aggregate times since 2013 astir the anticipation of retrieving a portion of IT hardware said to beryllium successful our landfill site.

"The assembly has told Mr Howells aggregate times that excavation is not imaginable nether our biology permit, and that enactment of that quality would person a immense antagonistic biology interaction connected the surrounding area.

"The assembly is the lone assemblage authorised to transportation retired operations connected the site. Mr Howells's assertion has nary merit, and the assembly is vigorously resisting it."