Woman sentenced for stabbing man in Warwickshire
42-year-old Reda Malone stabbed the man following an argument.
A woman has been jailed for two years and seven months after stabbing a man at a house in The Spinney, Warwick, in March this year.
A police investigation discovered 42-year-old Reda Malone had stabbed the man at her home.
A&E staff at Warwick Hospital alerted police to the incident when the victim – a man in his 40s – was dropped at the hospital with four stab wounds to his body.
Following a media appeal, Malone handed herself in at Leamington Police Station - but not before disposing of the knife in a builder’s sack in Spencer Street.
This was later seized by police.
Enquiries established the attack had taken place at Malone’s home in the Spinney.
After gaining entry to the house officers found a pool of blood on the mattress where the victim had been stabbed and blood-stained clothes in the washing machine.
In interview, Malone said she was drunk and struggled to remember carrying out the attack.
She was jailed at Warwick Crown Court last week after pleading guilty to wounding with intent.
The court heard how the victim required emergency surgery to close his wounds and repair damage to his bowel.
Detective Constable Phoebe Gumbley from Leamington CID said: “This was a particularly violent and sustained attack, where the victim was left with serious injuries that could have been much worse. The victim was very lucky to survive.”