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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Philip Dewey & Kelly-Ann Mills

Man who rang 999 saying “I’ve just killed the wife” found guilty of murder

A man facing his third divorce has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife.

David and Linda Maggs had been together for 28 years before their relationship broke down in 2020 and the pair were sleeping in separate bedrooms.

Prosecutors said around a month before divorce proceedings were finalised, 71-year-old David, who had been married twice before, got up before his wife and went into her room brandishing two kitchen knives.

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