Mother, 44, stabs her boyfriend in the stomach and threatens to report him as a 'paedophile' after he makes a 'joke' about her 16-year-old daughter
- Mother stabbed partner after he made a 'joke' about her 16-year-old daughter
- Shelley Elizabeth Patten pleaded guilty at Bundaberg District Court, QLD, Friday
- Patten became enraged when her partner made a comment about her daughter
- Pair argued and Patten attacked her partner with a knife but used minimal force
A distressed mother stabbed her boyfriend after he made a 'joke' about her 16-year-old daughter.
Shelley Elizabeth Patten, 44, pleaded guilty to the May 2018 attack at the Bundaberg District Court, Queensland, on Friday.
Patten became enraged when her partner made a comment about her daughter and proceeded to threaten the man, the Sunshine Coast Daily reported.
Shelley Elizabeth Patten (pictured) stabbed her boyfriend after he made a 'joke' about her 16-year-old daughter
The mother told him she would report him to the police as a 'paedophile' and tell others he was a 'police informant'.
The man became 'provoked' by her threats and used physical strength to restrain her.
He 'grabbed her by the throat and put her down on the floor' and then drove Patten's daughter to school.
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The couple continued to argue when he returned to the property and Patten approached him with a knife.
She began to swing at him and made contact with his torso and ribs before he freed the knife from her.
The 44-year-old pleaded guilty to the May 2018 attack at the Bundaberg District Court (pictured), Queensland, on Friday
The man's wounds were 'not significant injuries', argued defence barrister Scott Moon.
Mr Moon told Judge Leanne Clare that his client would likely lose her job if she was put in custody and she had been treated for bipolar disorder at the time of offending.
'She has a government job in the hospital, she has one offence, it's out of character,' he said.
Judge Clare said the duo appeared to spark each other up, and that the man had overreacted in the first incident.
Patten (pictured) swung at her partner and made contact with his torso and ribs before he freed the knife from her
'The limited force and the fact he was nicked by the tip of the knife is probably the strongest thing in her favour,' she said.
'(He) forgave you and doesn't want you to go to jail,' she said.
Patten was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for three-years.
