Man admits attempted murder of partner in Coatbridge
Police did not believe Francis McCudden because three of the stab wounds were in the victim’s back.
A man who initially claimed his partner's twelve stab wounds were self-inflicted has admitted trying to kill her at their flat in Coatbridge.
Police did not believe Francis McCudden because three of the stab wounds were in the victim’s back.
The High Court in Glasgow was told that McCudden lashed out with two knives after 39-year-old Angela Rae complained about a smashed coffee table.
McCudden, 54, admitted attempting to murder Ms Rae at their flat in Red Bridge Court, Coatbridge, on March 4.
Ms Rae was awaken by a thumping and went through to the living room to find the table in pieces.
McCudden told her: “The way I see it it's a £30 table. We can get another in the morning.”
When Ms Rae continued to remonstrate McCudden attacked her. The couple had been in a relationship since June 2017.
She said: “He looked like a devil. I thought he was punching me then I realised he was holding a knife in each hand.”
Ms Rae was worried that McCudden might stab her eyes or slash her face and put up her hands to protect her face and was slashed on one of her hands.
The traumatised victim managed to stagger out of the house and knocked on a neighbour's house to ask for help.
She was covered in blood from head to toe and collapsed on the eighth floor landing.
Ms Rae told police: "Frankie McCudden just kept stabbing me. I didn't want to die."
Doctors at Monklands Hospital discovered that Ms Rae had four stab wounds to her right leg, one to her thigh, one to her left leg, two to the abdomen, one to the left breast and three to her back.
If left untreated her injuries could have resulted in sepsis or death, the court heard.
Police found McCudden sitting drunk on a sofa in the living room rambling about money.
Prosecutor Maryam Labaki said: “He told them her injuries were self-inflicted. He made no reply when he was charged with attempted murder.”
Defence counsel Rhonda Anderson said: “Mr McCudden does have quite an extensive record, including crimes of violence.”
Judge Lady Scott deferred sentence on McCudden until next month at the High Court in Edinburgh and ordered an assessment of the risk he poses to the public.