Overview
- After a five‑day trial at Norwich Crown Court, jurors deliberated for 2 hours 34 minutes before returning a unanimous not‑guilty verdict on attempted murder.
- Bridger had previously admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and was remanded in custody pending sentencing.
- Judge Katharine Moore ordered a Probation Service report assessing Bridger’s potential dangerousness before determining sentence.
- The attack followed her estranged husband’s disclosure that he had their two rescue dachshunds euthanised, and he sustained life‑threatening injuries including a punctured lung as neighbours intervened.
- Evidence included police body‑worn video and testimony that Bridger was very upset and smelled of alcohol, alongside an agreed psychiatric assessment on possible temporary amnesia.