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BBC News
7 hours ago
- BBC News
Music event in memory of murdered Shropsire man
A music event is being held in memory of a man who was murdered by his estranged Thursday, Amy Pugh from Wolverhampton was convicted of killing Kyle Pugh at her then-home in Newport, Shropshire, in March 2022.A Fringe Lounge night at La Luna bar in Wellington on Saturday has been organised by his friend Baz Pearce, who described Mr Pugh as a man who was "bubbly, kind and thoughtful to other people".It will raise money for ManKind, a charity that supports male victims of domestic abuse. A trial at Stafford Crown Court heard Pugh, 34, killed her ex-partner after an Pearce said he had known the victim since 2007 and had become close friends through the local music Pugh had been "like younger brother" he Pearce added that when the guilty verdict was announced "the stress and the weight off my shoulder was gone".He said it had been a "long fight" and it had been "emotional and upsetting to get to that final hurdle"."Justice is finally here," he said. The Fringe Lounge event will the third to be held, and they were set up to raise awareness of domestic Pearce said this one would also allow people to remember Mr Pugh."He reached out to a lot of people, he knew a lot of people," he said he also believed the crime highlighted that men could also be victims of domestic abuse. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Woman who phoned 999 and told operator her husband had killed himself is found guilty of murder
A woman who overpowered her husband and attacked him before telling a 999 operator he had taken his own life has been found guilty of his murder. Amy Pugh, 34, told a jury at Stafford Crown Court that she had found her husband hanging when she opened the back door of her family home in Newport, Shropshire, on the evening of March 22, 2022. Kyle Pugh, 30, had suffered compression to the neck and fractures to the structure of the neck, as well as a fractured nose and eye socket and died at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford surrounded by his family on March 23, 2022. Pugh, who wore a white top and black suit, put her hands to her mouth in the dock after the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder on Thursday after more than 11 hours of deliberations. The court heard Pugh had called her father before dialling 999 20 minutes after 'gaining the upper hand' over her husband, from whom she was separated, in a fight in the kitchen and attacking him. She told the emergency call handler her husband had taken his own life and could be heard saying: 'Kyle, wake up, why have you done this.' Mr Pugh had been in a new relationship with another woman but was at the family home in Aston Drive, to visit his children on the night of the incident. While they were initially in the kitchen listening to music, Pugh told the court she had 'lost composure' after finding out her estranged husband's new partner may be pregnant and they had an argument. She had claimed her husband had left the house and she later opened the back door to let the dog into the garden and found him hanging before dragging him inside. But prosecutor Julian Evans KC told the trial that the story was a 'complete fiction' and that Pugh had inflicted the injuries on her husband herself. The court heard the two had a 'volatile, turbulent and abusive' relationship which would involve physical violence to each other and was often fuelled by drink or drugs. Mr Evans said Pugh was aware her husband had 'vulnerabilities', had a history of self-harm and had made previous suicide attempts and had 'quite deliberately and quite callously sought to use them to her own advantage'. Pugh had told the court the two were like 'lovestruck teenagers' when they first began a relationship in 2012 but the relationship became toxic, with Mr Pugh breaking her jaw and her arm in two separate incidents. The defendant said she would initially push her husband away when he hit her, but as the years went on, the violence got worse so she started to fight back. By the time of the incident, Pugh admitted they would both drink and smoke cannabis heavily. When paramedics arrived at the scene, they managed to restore Mr Pugh's pulse but he died in hospital the next day. Judge Kristina Montgomery KC thanked the jury for their work on the trial and said Pugh, of Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, would be sentenced on September 5.
Telegraph
2 days ago
- Telegraph
Wife murdered husband then told 999 he had taken his own life
A woman overpowered her husband and attacked him before telling a 999 operator he had taken his own life, a court heard. Amy Pugh, 34, failed to convince a jury at Stafford Crown Court that she had found Kyle Pugh, 30, hanging when she opened the back door of the family home in Newport, Shropshire, on the evening of March 22 2022. Mr Pugh had suffered compression to the neck and fractures to the structure of the neck, as well as a fractured nose and eye socket and died the following day surrounded by his family at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. Pugh, who wore a white top and black suit, put her hands to her mouth in the dock on Thursday after the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder after more than 11 hours of deliberations. The trial had been told Pugh had called her father before dialling emergency services 20 minutes after 'gaining the upper hand' over her husband in a fight in the kitchen. She told the emergency call handler her husband had taken his own life and could be heard saying: 'Kyle, wake up, why have you done this?' Mr Pugh had been in a new relationship with another woman but was at the family home to visit his children on the night of the incident. While they were initially in the kitchen listening to music, Pugh told the court she had 'lost composure' after finding out her estranged husband's new partner may be pregnant and they had an argument. She had claimed her husband had left the house and she later opened the back door to let the dog into the garden and found him hanging before dragging him inside. But prosecutor Julian Evans KC told the trial that the story was a 'complete fiction' and that Pugh had inflicted the injuries on her husband. The court heard the two had a 'volatile, turbulent and abusive' relationship which would involve physical violence to each other and was often fuelled by drink or drugs. History of self-harm Mr Evans said Pugh was aware her husband had 'vulnerabilities', had a history of self-harm and had made previous attempts on his own life and that she had 'quite deliberately and quite callously sought to use them to her own advantage' on the evening of the fight. Pugh had told the court the two were like 'lovestruck teenagers' when they first began a relationship in 2012 but the relationship became toxic, with Mr Pugh breaking her jaw and her arm in two separate incidents. The defendant said she would initially push her husband away when he hit her, but as the years went on, the violence got worse so she started to fight back. By the time of the incident, Pugh admitted that they would both drink and smoke cannabis heavily. When paramedics arrived at the scene they managed to restore Mr Pugh's pulse but he died in hospital the next day.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Shropshire woman guilty of murdering her estranged husband
A woman has been convicted of murdering her estranged husband following an Pugh, 34, of Stafford Road in Wolverhampton, killed 32-year-old Kyle Pugh at her previous home in Newport, Shropshire, in March 2022 and then tried to cover up her told emergency services he had taken his own life, but following a six week trial, jurors at Stafford Crown Court found her is due to be sentenced at the same court on 5 September. The trial was told the couple had a "volatile, turbulent and abusive" relationship and they had separated at the time of the heard the pair had an argument at the house on Aston Drive just after 20:30 on 22 March, over his girlfriend's argument became violent and it resulted in Mr Pugh becoming unresponsive. But Det Insp Jo Delahay said: "Rather than calling for help once Pugh realised Kyle was no longer responsive, she took extreme measures to ensure no one would ever be able to link his death back to her."She made several calls to her father before calling the emergency services 20 minutes after the she called, she told them he had hanged himself and in a call could be heard shouting: "Kyle, wake up, why have you done this?"The trial heard that while Mr Pugh did have a history of self-harm and attempts to take his own life, he had sent messages to his girlfriend, his father and his friends that evening making plans to see them that Pugh was taken to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, but died there the following day.A postmortem examination showed Mr Pugh had suffered neck compression injuries. Workshop arson Det Insp Delahay said it had been a "tragic case" which had caused "tremendous upset to Kyle's said Pugh "used Kyle's mental health history to manipulate and lie to his loved ones, as well as authorities, all to protect herself and through the whole investigation she has shown no remorse for her actions that day".In November 2024, Pugh was also found guilty of arson, for setting fire to Mr Pugh's workshop in Newport in October Mercia Police said that whilst the workshop burnt down she sent Mr Pugh videos of the fire whilst singing Ring of Fire. She was given a 19-month sentence suspended for two years for that offence. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
Woman who claimed husband took his own life found guilty of his murder
A woman who overpowered her husband and attacked him before telling a 999 operator he had taken his own life has been found guilty of his murder. Amy Pugh, 34, failed to convince a jury at Stafford Crown Court that she had found Kyle Pugh, 30, hanging when she opened the back door of the family home in Aston Drive, Newport, Shropshire, on the evening of March 22 2022. Mr Pugh had suffered compression to the neck and fractures to the structure of the neck, as well as a fractured nose and eye socket and died at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford surrounded by his family on March 23 2022. Pugh, who wore a white top and black suit, put her hands to her mouth in the dock after the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder on Thursday after more than 11 hours of deliberations. The trial had been told Pugh had called her father before dialling 999 20 minutes after 'gaining the upper hand' over her husband, from whom she was separated, in a fight in the kitchen and attacking him. She told the emergency call handler her husband had taken his own life and could be heard saying: 'Kyle, wake up, why have you done this.' Mr Pugh had been in a new relationship with another woman but was at the family home in Aston Drive, Newport, to visit his children on the night of the incident. While they were initially in the kitchen listening to music, Pugh told the court she had 'lost composure' after finding out her estranged husband's new partner may be pregnant and they had an argument. She had claimed her husband had left the house and she later opened the back door to let the dog into the garden and found him hanging before dragging him inside. But prosecutor Julian Evans KC told the trial that the story was a 'complete fiction' and that Pugh had inflicted the injuries on her husband herself. The court heard the two had a 'volatile, turbulent and abusive' relationship which would involve physical violence to each other and was often fuelled by drink or drugs. Mr Evans said Pugh was aware her husband had 'vulnerabilities', had a history of self-harm and had made previous suicide attempts and had 'quite deliberately and quite callously sought to use them to her own advantage on March 22 2022'. Pugh had told the court the two were like 'lovestruck teenagers' when they first began a relationship in 2012 but the relationship became toxic, with Mr Pugh breaking her jaw and her arm in two separate incidents. The defendant said she would initially push her husband away when he hit her, but as the years went on, the violence got worse so she started to fight back. By the time of the incident, Pugh admitted they would both drink and smoke cannabis heavily. When paramedics arrived at the scene, they managed to restore Mr Pugh's pulse but he died in hospital the next day. Judge Kristina Montgomery KC thanked the jury for their work on the trial and said Pugh, of Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, would be sentenced on September 5.
