By Wales News Service reporter
A HUSBAND is facing jail after today, Monday 13th September, admitting trying to kill a £5.5million lottery winner at their luxury Vale of Glamorgan home.
Stephen Gibbs, 45, initially denied the attempted murder of partner Emma Brown, 49, at their £700,000 home during lockdown but changed his plea to guilty.
Emma scooped the huge sum around three years ago and quit her job to move into the detached cottage. She required surgery following the alleged knife attack at her plush home in Lakeside, in Barry, and police arrived at around 10.00pm on Saturday 30th January.
Flooring worker Gibbs, whose address was given as the home he shared with Emma, today appeared at Cardiff Crown Court.
An earlier hearing heard there had allegedly been previous violence between the couple.
Judge Richard Twomlow said: “You have now pleaded guilty to the offence of attempted murder, a serious offence. I ask for a pre-sentence report and I am told there’s a psychiatric report. You face a lengthy prison sentence, you must be aware of that.”
Gibbs was told he will be sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court next month.
The couple had been together for 11 years and previously owned a home in another part of Barry which they rented out after Emma scooped her win.
Emma had been a deputy manager working for aircraft handling firm Servisair.
