Woman stabs husband and tells police ‘I admit it all’, footage shows

Penelope Jackson, 66, said she hoped bully' David Jackson, 78, could not be saved, in video shown to Bristol crown court

A retired accountant who stabbed her husband to death has told a jury that he repeatedly beat her and once held a knife to her throat, as footage was released of her being arrested and telling police she hoped he would die - and asking officers to fetch her coat.

Penelope Jackson, 66, said her husband, former army Lt Col David Jackson, 78, once head-butted her when he returned from home and threw her down cellar stairs during a Mother's Day celebration at an officer's mess.