Jury fails to reach verdicts in the trial of an East Yorkshire woman accused of murder
Teresa Hanson fatally wounded Paul Hanson in the kitchen of their home in West Cowick
A jury’s failed to reach a verdict in the trial of an East Yorkshire woman who stabbed her husband with a knife three days after Christmas.
54 year old Teresa Hanson from West Cowick denied murder - saying she’d pushed him away while holding a knife as he shouted in her face, but was unaware of what had happened until he collapsed on the floor.
A jury deliberated for around 11 hours but couldn’t reach a verdict.
They’ve been discharged and a retrial’s been set for September.
Hanson told Hull Crown Court she had no idea the knife had gone into Mr Hanson
Hull Crown Court heard the 54-year-old told 999 call operators she had accidentally stabbed him during an argument while she was cooking.
Hanson denied murder, and said during her trial that she had simply pushed Mr Hanson away while holding a knife because he was shouting in her face, telling her to "throw his tea in the bin".
Hanson told the Court she had no idea the knife had gone into Mr Hanson until she heard the dog barking and followed a trail of blood to find her husband, 54, collapsed on the floor.