Jealous lover said: I'm your Tracie Andrews
A jealous girlfriend who described herself as the 'Tracie Andrews' of her partner's life before knifing him has been jailed – after the court heard it was the second time she had stabbed him.
During the ferocious row, Angela Hill likened herself to the killer who stabbed her fiance Lee Harvey to death before covering it up as a frenzied road rage attack.
Hill was first convicted of assault in 2011 when she injured Brent Hewitt with an eight-inch kitchen knife. Just two years later she was hauled back before the courts after stabbing him again in the kitchen of his home.
Hill, of Bennitt Close, West Bromwich, pleaded guilty on the day of her trial to wounding Mr Hewitt on March 15, a day after her suspended sentence for her previous conviction came to an end.
Mr Zaheer Afzal, prosecuting, told Wolverhampton Crown Court that Hill and Mr Hewitt had been in a relationship for around three years, when he invited her around to his home for a meal on March 15.
He said: "There was a mutual jealousy in the relationship, and it seems that was the reason for the argument. They were both very jealous people." Hill, aged 40, arrived at his flat with three quarters of a bottle of vodka. Mr Afzal said: "The meal went well but, due to the impact of the alcohol, the conversation deteriorated into an argument."
During this argument Hill phoned a male friend to tell him what was happening. Mr Afzal said: "Mr Hewitt reacted somewhat inmaturely, and told her he had slept with another woman."
The argument then escalated into a fight. "He said her face was contorted with anger, her brow was furrowed and her lips were pulled tight over teeth," said the lawyer.
"She lunged at him during the argument whilst holding a small silver kitchen knife. He grabbed her hand and sent the knife flying."
"She said to him: 'I am the Tracie Andrews of your life', and said: 'if I can't have you, no-one can'." The court heard that Hill went for him again with another knife. He eventually overpowered her. Mr Hewitt suffered stab wounds to his arm and both his legs, and he was bleeding heavily. He had to have 18 stitches, and was left on crutches for weeks as a result of the attack.
Miss Sarah Allen, defending, told the court that there was violence in the relationship on both sides, and that they both had problems with alcohol. She said Hill now recognises their relationship was 'toxic' and fuelled by jealousy.
Judge John Warner sentenced her to 10 months in jail.
