A woman who stabbed her husband eight times while he slept in their bed has been handed a 4½ year prison sentence. David Russell, prosecuting, said Hopkins originally faced a charge of attempting to murder Stephen Hopkins. Mr Hopkins told police that it had been a normal day in the family home and there was only a minor disagreement about a peppermint oil burner. At 8pm he took his son up to bed and his wife was in their bed reading. He was later treated for “superficial” knife wounds to his shoulder, neck and behind his ear.

Source: The Irish Times April 12, 2019 15:33 UTC