Teh One Who Knocks
03-16-2015, 10:43 AM
By Gary Carter - The Mirror
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Sentence: Houlgrave was jailed for 10 years with a further three on licence
A woman who stabbed a fellow party-goer in the stomach because he wanted to take his drink home, has been jailed for ten years.
Samantha Houlgrave knifed Samuel Madden after an argument broke out, causing serious injuries to his liver and kidneys.
Mr Madden was told that if the 9-inch blade entered his body half an inch either way he would be dead.
Mr Madden had to undergo extensive surgery to make sure he was not suffering internal damage.
DC Rob Sledge said Mr Madden had been left with both physical and mental scars as a result of the attack, which happened when a row broke out over alcohol at 20-year-old Houlgrave’s home in Blackburn, Lancashire.
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Stabbing: A surgeon said that if Houlgrave (pictured) had stabbed Mr Madden half an inch either side have died
He said: “They had both been drinking at Houlgrave’s house. It was a house party gone wrong.
“Mr Madden decided to leave and he wanted to take the drinks he had paid for with him. Houlgrave objected.
“She said she picked the knife up off the grass outside the house and she forgot she had it in her hand. She said she went to push Mr Madden away and that is when she stabbed him.”
Mr Madden needed surgery to repair the ‘nicks’ in his organs. DC Sledge added: “He will have life-long scarring and has had to have a lot of extensive surgical intervention.
"Mr Madden has been really lucky because the surgeon said if the knife had gone in half an inch either side of where it did, he would be dead.”
A jury convicted Houlgrave of inflicting grievous bodily harm following a five-day trial at Preston Crown Court.
She was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, plus a further three on an extended licence.
However the defendant was again hauled before another judge after she lit a cigarette in a cell, causing the fire alarms to sound and the building to be evacuated.
After being sent to prison by Judge Jacqueline Beech, Houlgrave was again brought before Judge Anthony Russell QC.
Proceedings were disrupted and people had to leave the building as a fire alarm went off.
Judge Russell said: “It needs to be understood that it could well be a contempt of court either to bring items to court which should not be brought and certainly, to use them in a way which results in disrupting proceedings.”
James Heyworth, representing Houlgrave, said she apologised for the inconvenience.
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Sentence: Houlgrave was jailed for 10 years with a further three on licence
A woman who stabbed a fellow party-goer in the stomach because he wanted to take his drink home, has been jailed for ten years.
Samantha Houlgrave knifed Samuel Madden after an argument broke out, causing serious injuries to his liver and kidneys.
Mr Madden was told that if the 9-inch blade entered his body half an inch either way he would be dead.
Mr Madden had to undergo extensive surgery to make sure he was not suffering internal damage.
DC Rob Sledge said Mr Madden had been left with both physical and mental scars as a result of the attack, which happened when a row broke out over alcohol at 20-year-old Houlgrave’s home in Blackburn, Lancashire.
http://i.imgur.com/2AvstwM.jpg
Stabbing: A surgeon said that if Houlgrave (pictured) had stabbed Mr Madden half an inch either side have died
He said: “They had both been drinking at Houlgrave’s house. It was a house party gone wrong.
“Mr Madden decided to leave and he wanted to take the drinks he had paid for with him. Houlgrave objected.
“She said she picked the knife up off the grass outside the house and she forgot she had it in her hand. She said she went to push Mr Madden away and that is when she stabbed him.”
Mr Madden needed surgery to repair the ‘nicks’ in his organs. DC Sledge added: “He will have life-long scarring and has had to have a lot of extensive surgical intervention.
"Mr Madden has been really lucky because the surgeon said if the knife had gone in half an inch either side of where it did, he would be dead.”
A jury convicted Houlgrave of inflicting grievous bodily harm following a five-day trial at Preston Crown Court.
She was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, plus a further three on an extended licence.
However the defendant was again hauled before another judge after she lit a cigarette in a cell, causing the fire alarms to sound and the building to be evacuated.
After being sent to prison by Judge Jacqueline Beech, Houlgrave was again brought before Judge Anthony Russell QC.
Proceedings were disrupted and people had to leave the building as a fire alarm went off.
Judge Russell said: “It needs to be understood that it could well be a contempt of court either to bring items to court which should not be brought and certainly, to use them in a way which results in disrupting proceedings.”
James Heyworth, representing Houlgrave, said she apologised for the inconvenience.