The 51-year-old claims he was abused by his wife who was suffering from cancer, depression and had been diagnosed with an autistic personality disorder.

The couple were married for 22 years and had one daughter Megan, who is now 18.

“You accept, on the second of November last year, you battered your wife to death,” Richard Pratt QC, defending, said. ”How do you feel?”

Appearing tearful, Pomphret told told Liverpool Crown Court.: "Er, terrible. I killed the woman I love. A horrible thing to do."

Inside or outside prison, he will forever live to regret his action and his life will be miserable after off....

God forbid bad thing abeg

Never taunt a man's erection
There lies his pride and manlihood