A widow whose husband died after she banished him to the sofa has found love again two months later with his brother, it has been reported.

Ashley Murrell, 33, had a row with her husband Mikey, 36, a carpet cleaner, about his long working hours after he returned home late from a 16-hour shift.

The mother-of-three told him to sleep on the sofa after the argument, but when she woke up the next morning, she discovered that he was dead.

Mrs Murrell, a beauty therapist from Wellington, Somerset, said a post-mortem examination ruled he had choked in his sleep but that the cause was ‘inconclusive’.

She later learned that he had been working extra hours to earn enough money to take her to Prague for their wedding anniversary on July 3.

View photos Ashley Murrell, right, and her dead husband’s brother, Chris, left, are reportedly in a relationship (Picture: Caters) More

It has now been reported that Mrs Murrell is in a relationship with Mikey’s brother, Chris, after they became close following her husband’s death.

‘Chris and Ashley have been through so much but they have really been there for each other,’ a friend told The Sun.

‘It’s strange how from something so awful, something good can happen. They are really happy together.

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‘They’ve had so much hate and negativity because of their relationship but them being together doesn’t change how Ashley felt about Mikey.

‘Chris has been a huge support for Ashley and he’s great with the kids. It’s funny how these things work out.’

Mrs Murrell shared a picture of her and Chris on social media in which they are surrounded by pink hearts. He commented with three red hearts below the post.

Mrs Murrell has changed her Facebook status to indicate she is in a relationship with Chris, who posted a Facebook tribute to Mikey in the form of a photo of the word ‘BRO’ tattooed on his knuckles.

View photos Mikey Murrell, right, was found dead on the sofa after a heated argument with wife Ashley (Picture: Caters) More

Paying tribute to her husband, Mrs Murrell said: ‘Mikey was so caring, if he walked into a room and saw someone unhappy he would be the first person there trying to cheer them up.

‘He absolutely loved his family. He wanted his kids to have all the things in life that he didn’t and he worked so hard to make that happen.

‘He would work 16-hour shifts, seven days a week just so he could save up enough to take us all to Disney every year. He was so worn out but he would do anything just to see us smile.

‘But the hours he was working were just getting too much. He was so exhausted all the time and he was running himself into the ground and his health was going downhill fast.

View photos Mr Murrell, pictured with his twins, had been working long shifts to save money for an anniversary present (Picture: Caters) More

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