Woman Remanded For Stabbing Her Common-Law Husband

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010

Marsha Gabourel, 23, a domestic worker of #14 Johnson Street who allegedly stabbed her common-law husband Elvis Hope, 26, was charged with grievous harm when she appeared today in the #4 Magistrate’s Court. Gabourel pled not guilty to the charge. She was denied bail and remanded into custody until Friday, January 15 because Hope’s condition could not be ascertained.

The incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 10. Hope, who was admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a critical condition, reported to the Police that he and Gabourel had an argument because she took too long to assist him with a clothesline. Hope said that he and Gabourel began to struggle and during the struggle Gabourel stabbed him in his left armpit and the left side of his buttocks.

Gabourel is the mother of a 4 month old baby. According to reports Gabourel may have been the victim of domestic abuse.

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