Teresa Hanson had 'no reason' to stab her husband, court told

A woman accused of murdering her husband with a kitchen knife while making tea has told a court she had "no reason to stab him".

Paul Hanson, 54, died last Christmas following a stab wound to his chest at the East Yorkshire home he shared with his wife Teresa Hanson.

Hull Crown Court heard Mrs Hanson, also 54, had been chopping onions when she "accidentally" stabbed him.

She denies murdering her husband on 28 December 2022.

Giving evidence, the former hairdresser told the jury she "didn't know why he was injured" after seeing blood on the floor, adding she had "no idea where it was coming from".

Jurors heard the couple had a "long, happy marriage" but on the night of Mr Hanson's death, his wife had stabbed him out of anger following an argument while cooking at their house on Little London Lane, in West Cowick, near Snaith.

Mrs Hanson told the court she "wasn't that angry… I didn't mean it like that".

Prosecutor Alistair MacDonald KC asked: "You were just simply rolling the puff pastry and cooking away":[]}