Murder accused: 'I've got two kids, I've taken away their mum'

In interview with officers Stuart Gallear said he ”lost it” and “went for her” after spouse Mandy, 42, told him “we’re separating, I love him more than you” as she emptied the dishwasher.

The 51-year-old of Makinson Avenue, Hindley, has admitted Mrs Gallear’s manslaughter after discovering she was having an affair, but is denying murder.

The Manchester Crown Court jury heard him say: “The next thing you know I’m lunging at her, I grabbed her by the throat and the drawer was open. I grabbed the knife, pushed her back towards the sink and just stabbed her two, three times. Then she said ‘what are you doing?’ I still love you’.

“I snapped out of it...I’m on the phone saying I’ve stabbed my wife, I need police and ambulance.

“I can’t even remember it, two times that I stabbed her, is it three times? All of a sudden I felt like I was back in the real world. I’m looking at the knife, looking at her, thinking ‘****’ and backing away.

“It was only when she said ‘what are you doing I still love you’ I’ve got to be honest it triggered something for me to come back into the real world. I didn’t go there intending to hurt her. I made one big, big mistake, I lost it and I’ve got all this to pay for. I didn’t consciously think ‘I’m stabbing her’, it was a reaction. This is my wife of 18 years for God’s sake, I still love her.

“I’ve got two kids, I’ve taken away their mum. The eldest, she idolised her mum.”

Murder accused: 'I've got two kids, I've taken away their mum'

Murder accused: 'I've got two kids, I've taken away their mum'