Woman stabbed husband after he had their pet dogs put down
Claire Bridger used a kitchen knife to attack her husband.
A woman has been jailed for three years after stabbing her estranged husband with a kitchen knife when she found out he put their pet dogs down.
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Claire Bridger, 64, plunged the knife into her husband's chest after he told her he had put down the pet dogs they had previously shared.
She was also biting Keith Bridger on the right thigh, thumb, arm and left shoulder before a neighbour intervened and grabbed the knife from her.
Keith Bridger told the court he said "Claire, you’ve stabbed me!" to which Mrs Bridger said "Yeah, I’m [expletive] going to do it again you absolute [expletive] how dare you kill my dog.”
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The stabbing happened during a conversation last July about mediation, following the pair's recent seperation.
Mrs Bridger asked her husband if he could pay for an upcoming mediation session, to which he agreed before turning to walk away.
Norwich Crown Court heard that Mrs Bridger then demanded to know where her dogs were, and Mr Bridger insisted she had already heard from the vet that the dogs had been put down.
After this Mrs Bridger became hysterical, swinging her car onto the driveway, sounding the horn and repeatedly shouting, “You’ve killed my dogs” as she inched her car closer to her husband until it was touching him.
Mrs Bridger followed the victim inside, before attacking him with the knife. She stabbed him in the chest and arm.
DC Cameron Brown said: “Mr Bridger suffered extremely serious injuries after being repeatedly stabbed. This was an incredibly traumatic ordeal for him, and despite everything he has faced, Mr Bridger has shown extraordinary strength and courage throughout his recovery.”