New life row wife stabbed husband with potato peeler
A WIFE stabbed her husband with a potato peeler in a row over window blinds after a retirement dream turned to nightmare, a court heard.
Carol Robinson, 57, swished the peeler around “like Zorro” before sticking it into her husband just below his left shoulder blade, puncturing his lung.
She had drunk two whisky lemonades and a can of Peroni lager before the attack, which followed a bust-up over blinds and other fittings for their newly bought seaside property.
A court heard the couple, had been married for 40 years, had moved from Hull to start a new life just up the coast in Bridlington.
But Robinson turned to drink after the bereavement of her father and her dog died – and they had many arguments.
On the day of the stabbing last July, Robinson was about to cut up potatoes for chips when she turned violent.
After the stabbing she called police, who found her spouse with a towel round his neck and leaning unsteadily against a door at 3.30am.
When officers asked what the row had been about the husband replied: “The usual things.”
He was taken to hospital and spent three days there being treated, but wanted his wife back and was anxious no action was taken against her.
Hull Crown Court was told the couple had moved to the resort after the husband retired. But prosecutor who
John Batchelor said: “They had argued, following the move to Bridlington from Hull, about the waterfront, furniture and new blinds.
“The defendant says she can remember going back to chop chips, but went near him with the knife and stabbed him, puncturing his lung.”
The husband told police he “didn’t want anything to happen to his wife” and refused to provide a victim impact statement, despite suffering complications during his recovery. The court heard Robinson had been kept in prison for a week after the attack and had not been living with her husband since.
A probation report found there had been domestic violence “on both sides” during the marriage.
Judge Mark Bury gave Robinson, who admitted grievous bodily harm, an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. He told her he sympathised with the losses she had suffered but added: “You have coped by abusing alcohol and could have easily been facing a homicide charge.
“Your husband says you did not mean it and he wants to continue the relationship. That is why I can suspend the sentence.”
Charlotte Baines, defending, said it had been “a startling wake-up call” for Robinson, who was ordered to undergo rehabilitation including a “better relationships” course.