A man who killed his partner in a horrific hammer attack rang 999 and said "I've murdered my missus".
John Garner made the chilling call after bludgeoning Teresa Garner, 46, in what prosecutors called a "sustained and ferocious" hammer attack at their home.
The 51-year-old, of Penyffordd, was found blood stained and drunk in their home in North Wales by police, alongside the body of Teresa who had 16 separate "catastrophic and fatal" head injuries.
He was found guilty of her murder last week following a trial in which he admitted to killing her but denied murder , claiming he could not remember it, reports North Wales Live .
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A 999 call made by Garner at about 10am on October 24, last year was played to the Jury who heard him say "I think I have murdered my missus."
A hammer with blood on it was later recovered from a nearby rear garden .
Sentencing Garner to life with a minimum of 22 years in prison, Judge Rhys Rowlands said he was "clearly a dangerous individual".
He said: "It was in any view a cowardly, brutal and sustained assault on a defenceless woman. "
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Adding:"You clearly are a dangerous individual who has shown precious little remorse for the dreadful violence committed against Teresa Garner."
During the trial at Mold Crown Court the jury heard how the brutal attack on the mum-of-three began in the landing and ended in the bathroom.
There were also signs Teresa Garner had been punched or slapped to the mouth and there were defensive wounds on her hands.
In a statement from Teresa's 11-year-old son Rhys Garner the court was told of the heartbreak he and older sister Kim and younger brother Lewis have been through since their mum was killed.
The young boy said: "We miss our mum every day. She was a lovely mum. John Garner has taken our mum away from us in a horrible way and I hate him for that. If we had one wish it would be to have her back with us.
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He added:"Our lives will never be the same again because we have to live it without our mum."
