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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Woman who killed husband berates him in 999 call then sobs as she asks police ‘is he dead’

A woman who killed her estranged husband called 999 to claim that he had taken his own life, before asking police officers if there was “any chance he’d survive”.

In audio released by West Mercia Police on Friday (5 September), Amy Pugh can be heard telling the operator she needs an ambulance as “my husband’s killed himself”, with her later berating him as a “f****** idiot”, asking him: “Why did you do it?”.

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