Jurors sent home in attempted murder trial

Jurors in the trial of a woman accused of attempting to murder both her husband and a child have been sent home for the weekend without any verdicts being formally announced.

Jacqueline Mounsey, 53, has been on trial for two weeks at Carlisle Crown Court, with the jury retiring on Thursday afternoon.

It is alleged she stabbed Mark Bennett, 56, in the neck as he lay sleeping on a couch at an address in Whernside, Carlisle, on the morning of 10 June, also stabbing the child twice in the neck.

Ms Mounsey denies the charges.

She also sustained knife wounds, with a neighbour describing the scene in the aftermath as like something "from a horror movie".

Ms Mounsey faces two alternative lesser charges, which allege she wounded both her husband and the child with intent to cause them grievous bodily harm.

During the trial, the court heard accounts from Mr Bennett, the child and also Ms Mounsey, who said she had no memory of any events from 10 June.

Jury members will return to court on Monday and continue their deliberations.

Ms Mounsey remains remanded in custody.

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