A 46-year-old mother of two, Janet Kearns, has been sentenced to six years in jail in the UK for stabbing her boyfriend, Alan Pearce, for texting her on her birthday.
According to the woman, she stabbed him after assuming he was cheating on her because he only sent her a one-line message on her birthday rather than calling her.
Kearns left Pearce for dead after stabbing him in his flat at Wythenshawe in Manchester, UK.
According to Dailymail, Kearns had gone to Pearce’s house, demanding to know why he had not called her yet on her birthday.
She then stabbed him with a six-inch kitchen knife while he was calling the police for help.
Pearce was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery for his wounds.
At Manchester Crown Court, Kearns admitted to causing grievous bodily harm on her boyfriend with intent.
The judge gave the ruling, Justice Hilary Manley told Kearns;
Your relationship with Mr. Pearce was marred by jealousy and you attacked him and tried to take his phone. You took a six-inch knife from the kitchen and struck him with it, causing serious injury. You intended to cause him serious harm.
She was then sentenced to six year in jail.
In a statement, Pearce told police;
When I was lying on the lobby floor losing blood and getting weaker by the minute, I thought I might die. If it was not for the quick response of police officers and paramedics I would not be here today. I will always be grateful to them.
How could she be so callous just walking past me as I was on the floor bleeding to death? I still do not have a sense of feeling in my right, index and middle fingers and part of my thumb.
The scars will always be with me mentally and physically but they would not hold me back.
Kearns told police she stabbed him as she tried to see the victim’s mobile phone over assumption that he was being unfaithful.
The mother of two said she grabbed the knife to feel more secure in case he attacked her.
