Husband says ‘I just killed the wife’ after stabbing her 15 times in chilling call to cops
dailyrecord.co.ukThis is the moment a 71-year-old man accused of murder rang 999 and told a call handler: “I just killed the wife.” David Maggs made the call after stabbing wife Linda more than 15 times with a kitchen knife as she lay in bed at the couple’s home.
Throughout the call Maggs, who is on trial for murder, repeatedly asked for “police” and, when asked what had happened, said: “I stabbed her,” jurors heard.
The 74-year-old mother and grandmother died in the attack in her bedroom at around 9am on February 6 2021. Retired accountant Maggs admitted to killing Mrs Maggs but denies murdering her at their home.
David Maggs from Pontypool, Wales pled guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility saying he had “blanked out”.The couple had been together for 28 years but Mrs Maggs had been in the process of divorcing her husband, Cardiff Crown Court was told.They had been living separate lives under the same roof after their relationship ended in March 2020, the jury heard.In the months leading up to his wife’s death Maggs became obsessed with the idea she was hiding money from him and would gain dishonestly from the divorce, prosecutors said.
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