Barhospita stabs teenage waitress twice with large fish knife in front of customers in anger over imagined affair with husband, court hears
- Luisa Santos, 47, thought Hannah Pritchett was having an affair with her husband
- She instructed her husband Pedro to choose between the 18-year-old and his family
- When he failed, Santos took a large fishing knife and stabbed Miss Pritchett in the bar
A village pub landlady stabbed her waitress twice after falsely suspecting the teen was having a relationship with her partner.
Luisa Santos, 47, told her husband Pedro that Hannah Pritchett laughed at her and ordered him to choose between the 18-year-old and his family.
The court heard that Santos, failing to heed her concerns, armed himself with a large fish knife from the pub kitchen and stabbed Miss Pritchett in the bar while customers watched.
Jurors heard the Portuguese landlady yelled ‘bitch, you bitch’ as she attacked.
Luisa Santos (pictured), the landlady of a village pub, stabbed her waitress twice after falsely suspecting the teen was dating her partner
Luisa Santos, 47, told her husband Pedro that Hannah Pritchett (pictured) “laughed” at her and ordered him to choose between the 18-year-old and his family
The court heard that morning that she was beating eggs in a frenzy, and when asked what was going on, she said, “It’s her. He chose her over our family.’ Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith told jurors that any belief that there had been an “improper relationship” between Miss Pritchett and Santos’ husband, a chef who rented the pub, was “completely misunderstood.”
The court heard that the attack on The Three Horseshoes in Princethorpe, Warwickshire, happened within minutes of Miss Pritchett arriving on a Saturday afternoon in May and being caught on CCTV. Footage from across the bar showed Santos approaching Miss Pritchett, who had only been working at the pub for six weeks, and thrusting the knife into her left side twice from behind.
The court heard that the attack on The Three Horseshoes in Princethorpe, Warwickshire, took place within minutes of Miss Pritchett arriving on a Saturday afternoon in May and being caught on CCTV
Warwick Crown Court heard the waitress run to her car in the parking lot, where she collapsed. She suffered two ‘deep’ wounds and it was only through ‘great fortune’ that she survived, the jury heard.
Miss Pritchett, who had a boyfriend at the time of the attack, said she was not aware the landlady thought she was having an affair with her husband.
The prosecutor told jurors that Santos had already admitted to being intentionally wounded and carrying a knife. The issue they had to decide, he said, was whether Santos intended to kill. Santos, who lived above the pub with her husband and their children, denies attempted murder.
The process continues.