THIS IS the chilling moment Shaun Dyson called 999 after murdering his wife.

Lucy-Anne Rushton was found dead at her home on the morning of the morning of June 23.

Dyson, 28, of Bury Hill Close, Anna Valley, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Friday, December 20.

He had previously denied murder, but admitted manslaughter, although he changed his plea on Wednesday, in the third week of the trial.

Now, a recording of the 999 call that Dyson made on the morning of June 23, has been released.

During the call, a calm Dyson asks for an ambulance and tells the operator that she isn't breathing.

He also says that he has been carrying out basic life support, but wasn't at the time "'cause I've been asleep".

Officers were called to a house in Suffolk Road, Andover, in the early hours of Sunday 23 June.

Despite the efforts of paramedics, Lucy-Anne was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem found that the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, including to her face, neck, torso and limbs. She had also sustained significant internal injuries.

In sentencing Mr Justice Choudhury said: "Lucy Rushton was your wife. She was the mother of five children. You were the father of her two youngest children. In the early hours of June 23 this year you took Lucy's life by kicking and stamping on her to death. She was only 30 years old."

He continued: "Your jealous, controlling and violent nature, which demanded that Lucy could not be with other men, all the while conducting a secret affair yourself, culminated that night in an attack that is breathtaking in its brutality.

"You kicked, punched and stamped on Lucy innumerable times, whilst she was lying on the floor, unarmed, inebriated and half-naked.

"Such was the extreme force used to attack Lucy that she suffered 37 fractures to her ribs, over 70 bruises, a broken sternum, internal blood loss, and the tearing of the very ligaments which kept her intestines in place.

"The pathologist concluded that the attack was such that Lucy did not suffer a sudden death, but a "miserable, wretched and drawn out death."

Detective Inspector Adam Edwards said: “Our thoughts, first and foremost, are with the family of Lucy-Anne Rushton.

“Not only have they had to endure what happened that night, but they have had to relive their experience in court.

“I would like to praise their courage and hope that today’s sentence helps them to rebuild their lives.

“The trial heard that Shaun Dyson had been violent towards the victim previously, and his behaviour culminated in the brutal murder of Lucy-Anne.

“Tackling offenders of domestic abuse is a key priority for Hampshire Constabulary, and I hope that today’s sentence gives victims some confidence to come forward and talk to us.”