Man jailed for 18 years for attempting to murder Lottery-winning partner

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gibbs was previously jailed for six years for stabbing a former partner’s 11-year-old son six times with a kitchen knife. “The dynamics of the relationship changed permanently when in 2017 she had the good fortune of winning the National Lottery and in fact won a considerable amount of money.” Mr Bennett said: “It seems the defendant had more of an issue of her being in control of her own life.” He continued: “She had dreams of travelling the world but due to the fact the defendant didn’t like travelling abroad she never realised these dreams, and that must have caused some difficulties with their relationship.” The court heard Ms Brown, then 49, owned the home she and Gibbs lived in, as well as a number of other properties in the surrounding area. Gibbs fled the scene in his car, later calling a friend and telling her: “I’ve done something stupid, I’ve stabbed Emma – I found out she’d been messing around, cheating on me – I lost it and stabbed her in the face.” He told her he had taken a lot of pills and was feeling drowsy, adding: “I think I’ve killed her.” In a victim impact statement, Ms Brown said Gibbs had never previously been violent to her and she had suffered a huge loss of confidence in the wake of the attack. The court heard Gibbs had been sentenced to six years in prison and four years on licence in July 2005 for stabbing his former partner’s 11-year-old son six times with an 8in kitchen knife.