I accidentally threw away my boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin fortune

A woman has revealed how she accidentally threw away the 'key' to her boyfriend's £569million Bitcoin fortune, as he fights for the right to search a huge landfill in an attempt to find it. Halfina Eddy-Evans told how she played a role in disposing of the computer hard drive which could unlock millions but it was done on his orders - and accidentally James Howells has vowed to take a council to court in his final bid to unearth the 'key' to a Bitcoin jackpot That digital key is on a laptop hard drive he believes is currently buried somewhere in 110,000 tons of rubbish in a nearby landfill, now grassed over Ms Eddy-Evans broke her silence after Mr Howells, 39, has vowed to take a council to court in his final bid to unearth the 'key' to a Bitcoin jackpot. The exasperated mother said: 'It looks like he's blaming me, but I don't think he really is, not that we are even talking now' General view of the Newport recycling and waste tip where James Howells believes the hard drive contain the password to his crypto account is located 'Reluctantly, I did it but had no idea what it contained, a hard drive linked to Bitcoin which then became a big thing, and has since gone through the roof! He claims his partner at the time had chucked away his unwanted belongings, including computer equipment which contained a vital password James has launched a legal fight against Newport City Council to get his hard drive back But Mr Howells says all Bitcoin needs to do is hit the $157k mark and it would break through the billion pound barrier.