Grandmother is responsible of murdering her husband of 34 years who she accused of getting drunk on Rioja whereas she ready Mediterranean tart after which plunged kitchen knife into his coronary heart – earlier than carrying on caramelising the onions

A grandmother murdered her husband of 34 years by plunging a kitchen knife into his coronary heart whereas making ready a post-Christmas dinner.

Hairdresser Teresa Hanson, 54, was making a Mediterranean tart within the kitchen of their marital dwelling when she fatally wounded Paul Hanson, 54, in West Cowick, East Yorkshire, final December.

Hanson intentionally thrust the knife into his chest earlier than persevering with to caramelise onions with the identical bloodied blade, jurors concluded.

She lashed out after Mr Hanson shouted at her: ‘I did not f***king need tea. Chuck it within the f***ing bin’.

Hanson, who had denied homicide, claimed she went to push her husband away after he grew to become indignant and forgot she was holding a knife.

Teresa Hanson, 54, (proper) fatally wounded her husband  Paul Hanson, 54, (left) whereas making ready a post-Christmas dinner

Teresa Hanson, 54, (left) later used the identical knife she killed her husband with to caramelise onions

She claimed she continued chopping onions and solely realised her husband had been fatally stabbed when she heard their canine bark.

Hanson shrieked as she was discovered responsible at Hull Crown Court docket following a retrial. She shall be sentenced on October 3 and was remanded into custody.

Decide John Thackray, KC, informed her: ‘You have got been convicted of homicide and as there is just one sentence which is life imprisonment.’

Hanson murdered her husband on the night of December 28 final yr after he shouted at her when challenged for turning into more and more drunk.

In a 999 name made shortly after 7pm, Hanson, informed an emergency operator that she had stabbed Mr Hanson ‘simply out of anger’.

She mentioned: ‘We had an argument. I used to be chopping, cooking tea and he informed me to ‘f*** off’ and ‘I am a b***h’ so I similar to, I do not know what I did’.’

Giving proof, Hanson mentioned her husband known as her a ‘b***h’ and walked off when she urged he had consumed an excessive amount of Rioja.

Mom-of-two Hanson, who admitted being ‘indignant’ and ‘upset’, added: ‘I did not know I had [stabbed him].’

‘I tried to push him away from me when he was strolling in as a result of I did not need him to shout at me.

‘He was coming in the direction of me and I simply needed him to go away.

‘I simply turned and pushed him. I do not even know the way it occurred.’

Mr Hanson, a development supervisor, described in court docket as a ‘loving father’ who ‘adored his grandchildren’, was pronounced useless upon arrival at Hull Royal Infirmary hospital.

After her arrest, Hanson, a cell hairdresser, claimed her husband had by chance walked on to the outstretched knife.

Teresa Hanson, 54, (proper) lashed out after Paul Hanson (left) shouted at her: ‘I did not f***king need tea. Chuck it within the f***ing bin’.

In a later account, she mentioned that she had tried to push him away along with her arms, not realising the blade had penetrated his cotton t-shirt and chest.

She mentioned she was unaware that Mr Hanson collapsed in a pool of blood and carried on cooking.

Dismissing Hanson’s account as a ‘lie’, Alistair MacDonald, KC, prosecuting had earlier informed jurors: ‘Accidents like that merely do not occur’.

He added: ‘In all probability of what he mentioned to her she misplaced her mood with him and stabbed him within the chest in anger because of this’.

Mr MacDonald requested the jury: ‘Does she actually anticipate you to consider that she failed utterly to note that her husband, who should have been only a few paces away, was bent double shifting away from her.

‘She did not discover any of that. She simply went on calmly cooking onions with the identical knife.

‘Is it credible that in his demise agony…as he moved out of that kitchen that she mentioned completely nothing? He did not sigh, groan or gasp; did not say ‘Teresa what have you ever achieved to me?’

‘He simply walked out of the kitchen, she mentioned, she did not realise something was incorrect.’

The jury was informed the peak distinction between the couple additionally raised questions with Hanson’s account.

Giving proof, Hanson denied eager to injure her husband, claiming that she didn’t consciously realise she was holding the blade.

She mentioned: ‘I used to be cooking onions however I wasn’t acutely aware of it being in my hand at that time, however it was.

‘I did not even know I had stabbed him till I had seen him. I did not know what had occurred.

‘It was an accident. I could not consider it. I used to be in shock.’

Mr Hanson was pronounced useless at 8.25pm on December 28. The court docket was informed he had no defensive accidents.

Development employee Paul Hanson (pictured) was described in court docket as a ‘loving father’ who ‘adored his grandchildren’,

In a ready assertion after her arrest, Hanson claimed she had turned in the direction of him with the knife ‘however not in a threatening approach’.

She mentioned: ‘My husband over time has been verbally and mentally been abusive to me. This has been worse since he suffered a mind harm roughly 10 years in the past. He’s worse when he drinks.

‘Final night time I used to be within the kitchen making ready a meal. He had been consuming wine and he got here into the kitchen in a foul temper.

‘This usually occurs after I point out about his consuming. I had a kitchen knife in my hand, making ready tea. He got here alongside me and was shouting. I turned in the direction of him with the knife nonetheless in my hand however not in a threatening approach.

‘As I turned with the knife in my hand, he walked in the direction of me after which I rotated. I had no concept that when he walked in the direction of me, that he got here straight at me and the knife went into him.

‘The primary I knew one thing was incorrect was after I heard the canine barking.

‘I then rotated and noticed a blood path on the ground.’

Jurors have been earlier proven footage of the 2cm-wide blade, pictured close to to a black pan the place onions have been being cooked, with a roll of filo pastry and glass of purple wine close by.

Hanson informed the court docket that her husband had consumed three or 4 glasses of purple wine and the couple had been watching movies and dancing earlier within the day.

Mr Hanson was the sufferer of a mass automobile crash on the M42 motorway close to Birmingham in 1997 and was left in intensive care.

He additionally suffered a mind harm round a decade in the past after being punched on an evening out and hitting his head on the concrete.

Hanson mentioned her husband turned to drink ‘as a approach of coping’ and ‘if i discussed [his] consuming he would click on, however that was very uncommon’.’

Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Burnett, who lead the investigation, mentioned: ‘On this case, a verbal argument spiralled uncontrolled and because of Teresa’s actions that day, her husband misplaced his life.

‘This has been an extremely tough investigation that has left a household completely devastated.

‘They’ve been via a harrowing ordeal and my ideas stay with them in the present day. I’d please ask that their privateness be revered throughout this traumatic time.

‘We won’t settle for violence in any guise and we’ll at all times do every little thing we will to hunt justice for individuals who come to hurt by the hands of one other, and to make sure those that commit the crime are held to account for his or her actions.’