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A husband who had just brutally murdered his wife was filmed by police denying any involvement in her death minutes after police arrived.

David Pomphret can be seen holding his head in his hands while sitting in the back of an ambulance as his wife lay dead near her horses stables.

The 51 – year-old had smashed wife Ann Marie 30 times over the head with a metal crowbar shortly after a shopping trip to Asda.

He was convicted today at Liverpool Crown Court of deliberately killing his 49 – year-old victim.

In the bodycam footage recorded by a policeman at the scene, Pomphret starts to explain what he claims happened, saying he was concerned when his wife phoned to say she was at the stables a few hours ago, but wasn’t picking up her phone.

He said: “She’s lying there, oh God, she’s just lying there.”

Ann Marie Pomphret, 49, was found dead at the stables(Image: Liverpool Echo)

Asked if he’d touched her, he added: “Yeah, they tried to get me to do mouth-to-mouth, oh jeez I almost threw up.”

The IT expert had claimed in court, he had suffered a loss of control, and only should be found guilty of manslaughter.

Dad-of-one Pomphret flew into a rage in the face of constant criticism and accusations from his wife Ann Marie, who he attacked at remote horse stables the couple owned in Burtonwood, Warrington.

The 51 – year-old had lost his cool after his wife had fired taunts at him, including calling him “limp”, which referred, he reckoned, to his problems with erectile dysfunction.

Ann Marie suffered terrible injuries, mainly with a gaping hole on the right side of her head.

This afternoon, the seven women and five men of the jury unanimously found him gui lty of murder after a two week trial.

Pomphret says he almost threw up when asked to give her mouth to mouth(Image: CPS)

They had deliberated for ten hours and 42 minutes.

Pomphret showed no emotion in the dock when the verdict was returned.

Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: “You have been convicted by the jury of the crime of the murder of your wife.

“There can only be one sentence, a sentence of life imprisonment.

“I will determine the minimum term that you must serve before being considered eligible by the parole board on Tuesday morning.”

Pomphret was remanded in custody.

As part of a conniving act, Pomphret refused to give his wife CPR and told the 999 car handler “she is white as a sheet, [her] chest isn’t moving” and declined to give chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth, adding: “No no, she is stone cold.”

When encouraged further, he replied: “Are you joking?”

He denied killing his wife(Image: CPS)

The victim, who had been diagnosed with a number of mental health issues for many years, along with her autism, had been receiving treatment for cancer.

For months, Pomphret told detectives he had no clue about his wife’s death, and it was many weeks later, after 15 separate interviews with cops, that he suddenly changed tack and admitted her manslaughter.

Before the trial, the Barclays employee was described by his barrister as a “man of impeccable character, “who for many years, had” been a model of self-control, patience and restraint. “

Detective Inspector Adam Waller, who was in charge of the investigation for Cheshire Police, said: “This case was truly shocking and one of the biggest investigations the Constabulary has seen in recent years.

“The injuries sustained by Ann Marie were horrific and all those involved in this investigation were determined to find her killer and ensure they were brought to justice for their actions.