Woman stabs ex-husband with knife during argument, trial in Breda

The court in Breda on Friday showed video footage of the stabbing in which Alex van Gool, 41, was killed in October last year. The victim was found seriously injured on Emmausplein in Sint Willebrord. His ex Priscilla de R. (39) was charged with murder. The reason for the stabbing was a dispute about how to treat her son, as it emerged in the trial.

De R. had previously confessed to stabbing her ex. She and the victim were married and had a son together. When the woman got a new boyfriend after the divorce, tensions arose and arguments arose over the arrangements for visitation.

On October 15, things got out of hand. After an argument earlier that day, Van Gool and De R’s friend agreed to meet. “Hey idiot, eight o’clock on the pitch,” Van Gool sent. The suspect decided to go with her boyfriend and stuck a kitchen knife up her sleeve. “I was hoping we could talk about it, but I expected an argument,” De R. said.

When the suspect’s friend arrived at the agreed meeting point, Alex van Gool rushed towards him and immediately hit him. Shortly afterwards, de R. got out of the car and confronted the two arguing men, reports BN/De Stem. She turned directly to van Gool and stabbed him with the knife a short time later, camera footage shows.

“I did that because he looked at me that way,” she explained. The victim was then able to walk to his car and call 112, but resuscitation was no longer possible.

There is great interest in this sensitive case. The audience is spread across several rooms. The son, for example, is in a separate room with his family. Many members of Van Gool’s motorcycle club are also present. The trial was interrupted once in the morning because the suspect was not feeling well.