Jealous Wife Pours Boiling Water over Marine Hubby’s Younger Lover

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Monika Fourie, 34, of Devon, poured scalding water from a cup and then a kettle over Hannah Stokes as she sat on a sofa, a jury was told.

Miss Stokes began an affair with Monika’s Royal Marine husband Wouter, 36, a South African, just a few weeks before.

Prosecutors said Monika unexpectedly walked in on the pair at the marital home as they sat in the lounge.

She told them she was going to make a cup of tea but filled a mug with boiling water and poured it over Miss Stokes, who is in her late 20s.

Monika then poured the remaining water from the kettle over her, causing “terrible burns” to her chest, neck and back.

Jo Martin, prosecuting, said Miss Stokes was treated for second degree partial thickness burns down to her navel and had surgery for a perforated eardrum.

Monika and her South African-born husband, Wouter were having problems in their marriage.

He began a relationship with Miss Stokes in September 2015 and towards the end of the following month told his wife about it, believing their marriage was over. Wouter said his wife took the news calmly and they discussed money and childcare.

She then went to stay with a friend and her husband arranged for Miss Stokes to come over and watch a rugby match at the marital home.

But as they sat together in the lounge they heard a key in the lock and the defendant walked in.

Miss Martin said Monika was “eerily calm” and asked her husband to introduce them. She decided to make a cup of tea and walked over to the kitchen area of the open plan room.

Monika then asked Miss Stokes a series of questions, such as how old she was and whether she had children. Miss Martin said the defendant asked her husband to go upstairs.

Monika approached Miss Stokes with a cup of tea, then emptied the water over her head and chest, Plymouth Crown Court was told.

Monika Fourie, of Plymouth, Devon, denies causing grievous bodily harm to Miss Stokes with intent on October 24, 2015.