An estate agent who was taunted by his wife for having a small penis stabbed her to death in a drunken rage after she had a lesbian affair, a court heard.

David Clark, 49, is accused of knifing his South-African born wife Melanie, 44, in the chest with a cook's dagger before dialling 999 and confessing to killing her.

Police dashed to the couple's home at 11.52am on New Year's Eve following the call in which Clark told the operator: 'She f****** did my head in,' jurors heard.

David Clarke, left, is accused of stabbing his wife Melanie, right, to death on New Year's Eve

Birmingham Crown Court heard Mr Clark was angered by his wife who criticised the size of his penis and also admitted having an affair with a friend's daughter

The court heard the couple had been married for ten years but had a turbulent relationship and Mrs Clark had taunted her husband about having a 'small d***'.

She had also had a lesbian affair with one of their friends' daughters which they were arguing about on the night she was stabbed.

Mrs Clark, who had four children from a previous relationship, was pronounced dead at the scene 12 minutes into the New Year.

Just minutes later her two sons Sheldon, 22, and Slade, 19, returned home from a party to find police swarming over their home.

Clark was arrested in blood-soaked pyjamas on his birthday at the three-bedroom, £200,000 semi-detached home in Cloverdale, Bromsgrove, Worcester.

Clark was arrested by police at the family home in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, a few minutes into the New Year having found him wearing pyjamas and covered in blood

In the hours before her death, the couple, who had a 'turbulent' relationship had downed three bottles of Prosecco between them as they celebrated with friends.

They had also downed spirits and played a drinking game version of Snakes and Ladders which involved downing shots of whiskey.

Today, Birmingham Crown Court heard Clark tried to kill himself with gas before police arrived and even begged officers to kill him.

Prosecutor Benjamin Aina QC said: 'On New Year's Eve just before midnight, David Clark telephoned emergency services and he told them he had killed his wife.

'Police officers arrived to his home in Bromsgrove and they found the body of his wife Melanie Clark in an upstairs bedroom. She had been stabbed once to the chest.

'It is the prosecution's case that Melanie Clark was killed by her husband following an argument.

'During the argument, Melanie Clark had told her husband she wanted him to leave their home. He couldn't take the rejection and killed his wife.

'She grew up in Durban, South Africa. She came to the UK with her husband David Clark.

'He was born on January 1, 1969. Rather sadly, these events were just before his birthday. He is now aged 49.

'He was in the last minutes of his 48th year when this incident happened.

Ms Clark was originally from South Africa and had four children in previous relationships

'They had been married for ten years. They had no children together, but she was the mother of two boys and two girls from previous relationships.

'They moved into a rented three-bedroom house in Cloverdale, Stoke Prior. In March of last year, Melanie's daughter returned to South Africa to live with her natural father.

'There was a bit of turbulence in the relationship between the defendant and his wife.

'The turbulence led to a separation in December of 2016. The defendant moved out of the family home.'

Clark moved back into the family home in Februrary last year but they slept in separate bedrooms and by November Mrs Clark told friends she was 'not happy'.

Mr Aina said: 'The master bedroom of the house is the bedroom where Melanie slept. This is where the body was found.

'There was a knife that had been found near the body.

'At about 6pm on New Year's Eve, the two sons drive the defendant and Mary Clark to the home of their friends who live in Bromsgrove - the idea being Melanie Clark and the defendant would celebrate New Year's Eve with their friends.

'The defendant and Melanie Clark drank three bottles of Prosecco between them. They brought their own champagne flutes.

'The defendant and Melanie and their friends played cards and they played a drinking game - Snakes and Ladders with shots of whiskey.

'Both the defendant and Melanie had some of the alcoholic shots.

The couple were with friends on New Years Eve before leaving to return home at 10pm

'It was after 10pm when they left in a pre-booked taxi. The evidence we will hear is that when they left their friends they were in good spirits.

'They were laughing and they were joking.

'It was about ten minutes before midnight that David Clark telephoned the emergency services.

'He says to emergency operator 'I'm sorry, I've killed my wife. My wife started being s*** again.

'I'm totally in love with my wife. She f****** killed me and I had to stop her. I can't believe I f****** did it. I'm going to do myself in. I love my wife so much.

'She f****** did my head in. I'm f******* devastated. I don't know why I did it'.

'When asked "what did you stab her with?" he replied "I think a knife".

'He added "I'll blow myself up".

'Police arrived at the house at three minutes past midnight. They found the front door and the garage door open.

'The defendant appeared from the side of the house in his pyjamas with blood on his arms, forehead and shoulders.

The court heard Clark asked police attending the scene to 'shoot him' before his arrest

'The police officer was wearing a body video camera.

'He appeared to be using his left hand to put fingers to his head in a gun gesture.

The officers asked him "have you got the knife on you" and he replies "just f****** shoot me".

'During the later police interview, it came out that a friend of Melanie and David had a daughter - and she had had a lesbian encounter with Melanie. She had told David about this before.

'She brought it up again on the evening of the incident and he couldn't remember what happened next.

'Even before they were married, she had made comments that he had a 'small d***'. He had a complex about it.

'He only realised he had blood on his hands when he got to the police station.

'She had not been violent to him on the night she was killed.

'He kept a dagger-shaped cook's knife in his room. Blood on the knife was later found to be that of Melanie.'

Prosecutor Benjamin Aina QC said: 'She told him to leave in the morning - he couldn't handle the rejection.

'He took his chef's knife from his room, went to her room and stabbed her in the chest.

'When he did so she was not offering any resistance - no defence wounds were found.

'He told the police in his interview she was not violent towards him. He stabbed her in anger, perhaps in revenge.'

Giving evidence, Melanie's son Slade Heppell told jurors how his mother and Clark would argue at the house.

He said: 'I recall one time in December 2016 - it was quite late, around 10pm. They were both in my mum's bedroom. I was in bed and I heard something.

'I heard David repeatedly telling my mum to f*** off and leave him alone in quite a moody voice - but he wasn't close to losing it.

'My mum told him to "please leave the room and leave the bed". Afterwards I heard a big thud. My brother Sheldon was in my room with me.

'When we heard the big thud we went to the room and walked in, switched the light on.

'My mum was on the floor. David said "what are you doing falling out of bed?" He was trying to make it seem like he had done nothing wrong.

'I think my mum had had a glass or two of wine and David had had two or three. It was hours before it happened.

'We made David leave the room. We told him to get out. He grabbed his pillows and went out and slept in the lounge.

'Mum had a bruise across her chest. The next day we woke up and I asked her what that was from and she said "last night".

'The bruising was around the top of her right breast.

'David had already moved out and he came over and then this happened. The next day he left and we didn't see him for a few weeks.

'They were going to break up but David always convinced her that it was all right and everything was fine.'

The court was told Clark would swear at Melanie's three children when they annoyed him and also left angry notes around the house.

Slade added: 'If items had been left behind in the kitchen, he would throw them out or leave notes behind asking "what the f*** is this doing left around?"

'Often it was on pieces of paper or the cupboard drawers. My mum would ask him to wipe it off.'

Clark, of Bromsgrove, denies murder. The trial continues.