Justice Elliott Myers: Kareba

Yadeta Kareba Dept: In his ruling posted online Friday, Justice Elliott Myers said Crown prosecutors failed to prove Ayelech Ejigu wasn't motivated by self-defence when she attacked her husband in the basement bedroom of their Fort St. John home June 2, 2010, according to Vancouver Sun. Myers said when Kareba yelled at his wife before the attack, she may have thought he meant to "kill, attack or sexually assault her, and that she had to defend herself by killing him." VANCOUVER - A woman who repeatedly slashed her husband two years ago has been acquitted of aggravated assault and attempted murder because she was a battered wife, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled. He said evidence suggested Ejigu, who is an immigrant from Ethiopia, felt alone and isolated, had nobody to talk to or confide in, and her husband, Yadeta Kareba, had beaten her in the past and had threatened to kill her just days before the stabbing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.