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A builder lured his wife's lover to an "ambush" at a remote farm and "executed" him after he discovered their affair, a court has heard.

Prosecutors allege Andrew Jones, 53, shot dead 55-year-old Michael O'Leary in January before burning the father-of-three's body in an oil drum at a yard.

Jones claims the .22 rifle accidentally went off while he and Mr O'Leary grappled during an argument at Cyncoed Farm in Carmarthen in Wales as he confronted him over the secret relationship.

Swansea Crown Court heard Jones, who ran a building firm, had learned months earlier his 51-year-old wife Rhianon was having the affair - but she had insisted it was over.

Prosecutor William Hughes QC told jurors Jones had obviously intended to kill Mr O'Leary.

"The prosecution say that he decided with clarity to make Mike O'Leary disappear and carefully planned his criminal act, ensuring he was the only person to have Rhianon," Mr Hughes said.

"This was no accident. When Mr O'Leary turned up at Cyncoed Farm expecting to meet Rhianon he was met by Mr Jones at an ambush site, in a cold, dark winter's night.

"Mr Jones says it is in the context of him going to tell Mike O'Leary's family about the relationship, (that he said the words) 'Please don't do it, Jones'.

"Or are those the last words of a man about to be shot, pleading for his life?"

Mr Hughes suggested if Jones's intention had been to scare Mr O'Leary and warn him off, he could have taken one of his replica weapons instead.

He also suggested the defendant could have called Mr O'Leary instead.

"That did not happen. Why did he not call him? Why not arrange to meet in an open space away from their families to have it out?" Mr Hughes asked.

"Given that Rhianon had said to him before it was over, and it had continued, how can Mr Jones ensure that she doesn't go back to Mike O'Leary?

"The answer, we say, is clear to Mr Jones. Get rid of Mike."

Jones, who lives in Carmarthen, denies murder.