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Woman gets 3 years after stabbing police officer husband

MEDICINE HAT — A Medicine Hat woman has been sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to stabbing her police officer husband in the chest.

Shauna Steier, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault Monday.

Court heard that she stabbed Const. Barry Steier on Jan. 18 following an argument about a camera.

Steier’s heart stopped briefly from the wound, but he has since recovered.

In a statement in court she apologized and said she hopes for forgiveness one day from her family and friends.

Her sentence was reduced by one-year for time spent in pre-trial custody and charges of attempted murder and assault with a weapon were withdrawn.