A MARKET stall trader accused of stabbing her husband with a knife has appeared in court.
Julie Ballans, 54, of Southfield Road, Holton-le-Clay, is charged with wounding Dennis Ballans with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on October 21.
She appeared in custody before Grimsby Magistrates' Court and repeatedly sobbed during the proceedings.
The case was sent to Grimsby Crown Court under a fast-track system for serious offences.
Defence solicitor Roy Foreman indicated that Ballans would be denying the matter but no formal plea was taken. Prosecutor Victoria Hajba said police were contacted by the ambulance service at about 8.27am on Tuesday, saying that there had been a stabbing at the Freeman Street Market, Grimsby.
Mr Ballans, who runs a bakery stall at the market with his wife, had suffered a single puncture wound with a knife to the left side of his abdomen area.
Mr Ballans had suffered a one-inch wound just under his rib cage, said Miss Hajba.
Mr Ballans had suffered a cut to his stomach and internal injuries to his gut, she added.
He was understood to be in a stable condition in a high dependency unit at Hull Royal Infirmary, said Miss Hajba.
District judge Daniel Curtis told the court that he was prepared to allow Ballans bail with conditions that she lived with her sister in Humberston, and did not contact her husband.
But the prosecution immediately announced that it was going to appeal to Grimsby Crown Court against the granting of bail.
Ballans would, therefore, have to remain in custody until a judge ruled on whether the decision of Mr Curtis to allow bail should be overturned.
