A woman has been jailed for life for murdering her estranged husband whose death she had tried to pass off as a suicide.
Amy Pugh, 34, attacked Kyle Pugh at the home they had shared in Newport, Shropshire, in March 2022 after an argument.
In a bid to cover up her crime, she lied to emergency services that the injuries to an unresponsive Mr Pugh, 29, were self-inflicted, but she was found guilty of murder at Stafford Crown Court in June.
In court on Friday, Pugh was ordered to serve at least 14 years in prison.
In delivering her sentence, Judge Kristina Montgomery KC said there had been a “volatile dynamic” between the couple and conflict had been “fuelled by alcohol and substance abuse”.
“Your relationship was described by everyone, including yourself, as toxic,” she said.
The judge added that Pugh had struck her husband with such force that his nose and eye socket were broken.
