A jealous woman has admitted tried to kill a woman she found in bed with her female ex-partner.
Shannon Tanya Pickering was remanded in custody for sentencing on September 1 after appearing in the High Court in Napier yesterday, Hawke's Bay Today reported.
She pleaded guilty to attempting to murder 33-year-old Taana Tipoki and two counts of committing damage with intent.
The court was told that Ms Tipoki and Pickering's ex-partner were asleep in a caravan in centre Hastings in the early hours of October 15 when Pickering arrived and used a hockey stick to smash the windows in the caravan and a vehicle parked at the address.
Arrested by police, Pickering was released on bail later that morning and went home to her flat where she found her former partner and Ms Tipoki on a bed.
A fight ensued and Pickering began stabbing Ms Tipoki, who fled the flat and was rushed to Hawke's Bay Hospital in a critical condition suffering seven knife wounds to the upper body.
