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Vanessa Poucette was not acting in self-defence when she fatally plunged a knife into her husband’s chest, a Calgary judge ruled Thursday.

Justice David Gates rejected the Morley woman’s claim she had no choice but to stab Brennon Twoyoungmen or face grave injuries herself.

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“I’m satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt your conduct in stabbing Mr. Twoyoungmen was not reasonable in the circumstances,” the Court of Queen’s Bench judge said.

“The Crown has established that self-defence is not available,” Gates said.

“I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that you are guilty of the offence of manslaughter.”

Poucette was charged in connection with Twoyoungmen’s Oct. 1, 2016, stabbing death in her cousin’s home on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.

Last June, Crown prosecutor Jillian Pawlow argued Poucette’s claims of self-defence should be rejected.

Pawlow suggested Poucette was acting out of anger, not fear, when she fatally stabbed Twoyoungmen.