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 By Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 26 January 2022 | Updated: 16:37 GMT, 26 January 2022 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 (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 paperwork, destroyed all the paperwork and tried to claim on this house as well as the other house.' The footage was played to the jury at Cardiff Crown Court along with a 999 call where Maggs told an operator about the attack at their home. In the call, retired accountant Maggs says: 'I've just killed the wife.' The operator replies: 'You've just what sorry?' Maggs repeats: 'I think I've just killed the wife'. When the operator says, 'Your wife is it?' Maggs says: 'I stabbed her'. The operator then asks Maggs if he still has the knife with him he says no and goes on to tell her Linda is in bed. When asked if she is still breathing or talking Maggs can be heard crying saying: 'I don't know I just lost it.' He then says: 'Can you just come please. Please help me. Ah, God help me.' 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 Later in his police interview, Maggs said: 'Thirty years I've been married to her and she doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut, so I topped her.' Prosecutor Michael Jones QC previously told the trial Maggs went into his wife's room armed with two large kitchen knives and repeatedly stabbed her in her bed. Mr Jones said: 'He was particularly agitated by the financial settlement of the divorce and believed he was going to significantly lose out to his wife. 'He accused her of taking advantage of him financially and of hiding her own money away. 'He thought she stood to gain financially and in his mind in a dishonest way.' The court heard the couple's divorce nisi was due to be granted in March 2021 but they had remained living together but apart within their £200,000 marital home when Linda was killed on February 6. Maggs, of Sebastapol, Pontypool denies murder but admits manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility. The trial, expected to last around four weeks, continues. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility