A cheating wife told her husband she's in love with another man before he picked up a seven-inch kitchen knife and stabbed her to death

Father-of-two Stuart Gallear, 51, stabbed his wife Mandy three times after she told him she was leaving him for handyman Mark Prescott and said: 'I love him more than you'

As she fought for her life with fatal wounds, Mrs Gallear, 41, pleaded with her husband: 'What are you doing? I still love you' before collapsing on their kitchen floor. He rang for an ambulance but Mrs Gallear was pronounced dead in hospital.

Gallear, who worked as a manager at a warehouse in Wigan, Greater Manchester, later admitted stabbing his wife - but he denied murder claiming diminished responsibility.

He told a court: 'I cannot remember what was going through my mind but I just lost it. I must have stabbed her. There was blood on the knife. I can only remember my arm moving. I know I've made a mistake.

He added: 'I loved her to bits. It does not matter how many times you ask me, I would never want to hurt or kill anyone, let alone my wife. But I accept the consequences.'

Mr Prescott, 51, a father-of-two who had worked on the Gallear's house in the Hindley area of Wigan, had initially rekindled his marriage with his own wife Ann-Marie, 44, after she temporarily split up with him following news of his 18 month affair with Mrs Gallear.

 

 

A cheating wife told her husband she's in love with another man before he picked up a seven-inch kitchen knife and stabbed her to death