Brit facing firing squad in Dubai 'stabbed fella in self-defence after huge row'Brooke George, 23 claims her then-boyfriend William Treeby got violent with her, and so she stabbed him, with him suffering a single stab wound to the chest at a villa in Dubai on June 2. Brooke is facing a death sentence (Image: FACEBOOK BROOKE GEORGE)A Brit is facing the death penalty after she stabbed her boyfriend to death in self-defence, it has been claimed. She will appear on September 2 and it is claimed Brooke admits inflicting the fatal wound – but she claims she did so in self-defence. The court documents also claim Treeby was drunk before his death and had punched Brooke in the face shortly before he was stabbed. She claims the knife fell during a struggle in which their friend intervened, before she picked it up and stabbed Treeby once.