The jury in the case of a Stapleton woman accused of attempting to murder her husband will start to deliberate on its verdicts on Monday.

Joanne Hale, 39, of Hawksmoor Lane, denies attempting to murder her husband Peter as well as wounding him with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in December last year.

It is alleged that, after giving him sex drug "horny goat weed" and frolicking with him in Stoke Park, she slit his throat before stabbing him further – including an almost fatal wound to his chest which caused lung collapse, cardiac arrest and heart damage.

It is claimed she then left him with passer-by Timothy Walker, without saying she knew him or what happened, before driving to Bristol Parkway and meeting her internet boyfriend Philip Sudol in person for the first time.

Andrew Langdon QC, defending, said Hale did not wish to give evidence and character witnesses said she had "a heart of gold".

The case continues.