Husband, 71, who stabbed his wife to death said on police bodycam: 'I've had ...

Husband, 71, who stabbed his wife to death said on police bodycam: 'I've had ...
Husband, 71, who stabbed his wife to death said on police bodycam: 'I've had ...
Husband, 71, who stabbed his wife to death told officers: 'I've just killed the wife. I've had enough. She doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut', court hears David Maggs confessed to killing mother-of-two Linda, 74, during a 999 call He stabbed her more than 15 times as she lay in bed at their home in Pontypool Maggs felt he was going to lose out financially as she wanted marriage to end He denies murder but admits manslaughter on basis of diminished responsibility

This is the moment a husband who stabbed his wife to death is caught on police bodycam telling officers: 'I've had enough'.

David Maggs confessed to the killing during a 999 call after mother-of-two Linda, 74, wanted to end their marriage. 

The 71-year-old stabbed Linda more than 15 times as she lay in bed at their home in Pontypool, South Wales.

Bodycam footage shows the moment Maggs was arrested at his home with police handcuffing him as he sat slumped on a sofa.

Maggs tells the officers: 'I've had enough,' before repeating 'Oh God I've had enough.'

When asked what he has had enough of, Maggs replies: 'She tried to steal two houses off me. Two houses for God's sake.'

David Maggs

Linda Maggs

David Maggs (left) confessed to the killing during a 999 call after mother-of-two Linda (right) wanted to end their marriage

As the footage continues, Maggs says: 'I spent five months in hospital last year... And she come to see me three times.

'And for the rest of the time she ransacked the house got hold of all the

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