A woman could face extra jail time after failing to pay $10,330 compensation to a woman whose face she slashed.

Januari Gibbons, 32, was jailed for two years in December 2007 after admitting to the attack on Shuntae Todd.

Supreme Court heard at the time how Gibbons, Ms Todd and the third woman, Maia Francis, used to be friends with the first two meeting through the Bermuda women's cricket team.

According to Crown counsel Robert Welling, Ms Todd later became "closer friends" with Ms Francis. Gibbons and Ms Todd then fell out and stopped speaking to each other.

Gibbons, he claimed, was hurt by rumours about a "triangle" between the three of them. She reacted by going to Ms Francis' home and repeatedly slashing Ms Todd in the face and neck with a box cutter in May 2007.

The wounds she inflicted left Ms Todd who was then aged 20 permanently scarred.

Mr. Justice Greaves sentenced Gibbons to two years for wounding Ms Todd with intent and six months to run concurrently for actual bodily harm to Ms Francis. He threatened her with a further six months if she did not pay $10,330 to Ms Todd to cover medical expenses and damage suffered to her bike during the attack.

However, Mr. Welling told the judge in a further court hearing yesterday that Gibbons has failed to pay up, despite having been released from jail in June 2009.

Defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher said Gibbons has been the full-time caregiver for her sick mother since she was released from jail. She said she's not had the opportunity to earn the money to pay the compensation but is hopeful of gaining a part-time job soon.

"She does intend to pay the money back but she made a difficult choice between caring for her mother and looking for full time employment," explained Ms Christopher.

Mr. Justice Greaves lamented the fact that the matter took so long to come back to court.

"This is more than a year since she's been out. I don't understand how all this time could have been allowed to pass without her being brought back before the courts. Within a few weeks or months of no payments I would have expected it to be brought back before the courts," he said.

The judge ordered reports to be compiled on Gibbons' circumstances and Ms Todd's views, including whether she has managed to claim compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation board.

Ms Todd was not in court for yesterday's hearing, but spoke out over the prison sentence originally meted out, telling The Royal Gazette at the time: "It should have been at least five years".

The judge said the case should come back to court no later than mid-December, when he will decide what should be done.