Terrified, marcell ran frantically from the house screaming, and a neighbor on the street came to her aid while she called 911. Verkko“he almost killed me,” said brittani marcell, she says she still lives in fear, after being beat nearly to death with a shovel at her westside home back in. Verkkowhen brittani marcell emerged from a medically induced coma in late 2008, having been brutally beaten with a shovel in her home in albuquerque, new. Verkkojustin hansen is serving the maximum 18 years for attacking brittani marcell with a shovel. Now, he’s asking the judge to reduce his sentence because. Brittani marcell was left fighting for her life after the 2008. Verkkoin 2018, justin hansen, now 36, pleaded no contest to attempted murder and aggravated burglary. He was sentenced to 18 years.