Watch: Moment police tell woman she's arrested for murdering her husband at her Newport home
WARNING: Some readers may find the content of this article upsetting.
Police have released shocking body-worn footage from the investigation into a wife who murdered her husband at her home.
Amy Pugh, 34, of Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, was found guilty of killing her husband Kyle Pugh following a trial earlier this year. The couple were separated at the time.
Today, Pugh was sentenced to life in prison after she killed her husband by causing injuries when compressing his neck following an argument at her home in Newport on March 22, 2022. He died later at hospital.
After inflicting the injuries Pugh called the emergency services and lied about what had happened, saying she had discovered her husband after he had attempted to take his own life by hanging himself.
Police have now released footage showing Pugh in the moments after the emergency services arrived to provide aid to her stricken husband, along with the harrowing recording of her 999 call.
Throughout the call she can be heard screaming at Mr Pugh as he lay fatally injured on her kitchen floor, shouting "you f****** idiot, why did you do this".
The distressing call includes Pugh being given instructions to carry out chest compressions intended to revive her husband.
In body-worn footage police officers can be seen talking with Pugh, who can be heard imploring paramedics to "wake him up".
A jury rejected Pugh's claims over the cause of her husband's death.
Despite telling police she found him at 8.45pm, she did not call 999 for 19 minutes - making a number of calls to her father during that time.
She also answered Mr Pugh's phone, which has never been recovered, when his new girlfriend called to check where he was.
The footage shows Pugh asking police "so has he got a pulse or what?" as she smokes a cigarette through the patio door.
Footage also shows Pugh's reaction when she is told she's being arrested for murder, responding "what?" as officers explain.
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