A MARKET stall trader who stabbed her husband with a knife after suspecting him of having an affair has been spared prison.
Julie Ballans, 54, of Southfield Road, Holton-le-Clay, denied wounding Dennis Ballans with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on October 21 but admitted a lesser charge of wounding.
Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that police were contacted by the ambulance service at about 8.27am, saying that there had been a stabbing at the Freeman Street Market, Grimsby.
Mr Ballans, who ran a bakery stall at the market with his wife, suffered a single puncture wound with a knife to the left side of his abdomen area.
He also suffered a one-inch wound just under his rib cage.
He suffered a cut to his stomach and internal injuries to his gut.
He was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary where he had surgery.
Ballans was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence and a one-year supervision order.
Read the full story - including Mr Ballans' reaction -in tomorrow's Grimsby Telegraph.
