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John Martin, 48, was jailed for life on Monday after murdering his wife Natalia Strelchenko, 38, on their second wedding anniversary last August
The Norwegian bass player strangled and beat Ms Strelchenko to death after flying into a 'jealous rage'.
The video, which was captured on an officer's body camera, shows him wailing uncontrollably as police attempt to calm him down.
One officer is heard saying: 'You're under arrest for assault, at the moment. Do you understand?'
Martin responds: 'Kill me, please, kill me.'
An officer says: 'Nobody's going to kill you.'
The killer then continues to cry, telling police: 'I don't deserve to live.'
Martin had denied murder and manslaughter, claiming he could not remember what happened.
The Norwegian bass player (left) strangled and beat Ms Strelchenko to death at their home in Manchester after flying into a 'jealous rage'
Martin repeatedly shouted 'kill me, please, kill me' as he lied face down on his bed at home during the arrest
He said his behaviour was caused by a combination of severe depression, drink and tranquilisers.
A judge ruled that he must serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars.
Russian mother-of-one Strelchenko, who was also known by the surname Strelle, was a professional classical musician of international renown.
She was found with some 71 injuries, including 45 separate marks to her head and neck, having suffered repeated blows to the front of her face.
Her jawbone was snapped in half and parts of her skull were left severely fractured.
Ms Strelchenko began playing piano at the age of eight and went on to gain entry to the prestigious St Petersburg State Conservatory
Ms Strelchenko, who at the 'peak of her powers' had performed in concerts with a full orchestra and attended the prestigious St Petersburg State Conservatory in her homeland, died a short time later in hospital.
Hours before the attack, Martin, a double-bass player, had 'exploded' in front of a group of musicians in a row with Ms Strelchenko about barbecue food.
The three-times married man left the house after drinking around four cans of cider, returning home at around midnight.
Martin had claimed that he had no memory of pushing his wife, falling down the stairs or of the struggle, after taking a mix of alcohol and diazepam - which he said he had mistaken for his anti-depressant medication.
But Mrs Justice Cox said that Martin had intended to kill the pianist in what she described as a 'prolonged and ferocious attack'.
She said: 'On all the evidence I have heard I am satisfied that this attack occurred against a background of controlling and sometimes aggressive behaviour by you.
'But the evidence shows that you came to resent her success and her friendships with those she met.
'I am satisfied on the evidence that you were jealous of her being the focus of attention and praise and of her meeting other people when she was working away from home.
'You were, as witnesses have described, unable to live with her and unable to live without her and I have no doubt that you would not allow her to be free.'
Before sentencing, the court heard that Martin had been convicted at Oslo District Court in 2012 for four offences relating to assaults against Ms Strelchenko for which he was sentenced to a prison term of 90 days.
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