Lover gets 8 years for knifing dealer to death

A WOMAN who killed her drug dealer boyfriend by stabbing him in the heart has been jailed for eight and a half years.

- By Grant McCabe

Dionne Christie struck Jevin Haig, 21, in the chest with his own 12-inch hunting knife as they struggled in the bedroom of her flat in Falkirk on June 26, 2022.

The 24-year-old was 12 weeks pregnant with Mr Haig’s child at the time. First-offender Christie was yesterday sentenced via video link at the High Court in Glasgow.

She had earlier stood trial in Stirling accused of murder before being convicted of the reduced charge of culpable homicide. Jurors concluded she had been acting under provocation at the time.

Christie - a mother-of-two who ran her own beauty aesthetics business - appeared emotional as the jail term was imposed by judge Lady Poole.

Jurors at the trial in March heard how Christie had delayed dialling 999 for several minutes after the incident.