Woman jailed for horror knife attack

And having repeatedly stabbed David Liptrot, she then assaulted two police officers as they tried to arrest her for the crime at a nearby pub.

Drew Pattinson, 22, was given an eight-month prison term for the nasty attack on Mr Liptrot at his girlfriend’s home in Charles Street, Leigh, on November 1 last year.

A Bolton Crown Court judge heard that the three of them had spent the evening together, but after an argument broke out Pattinson suddenly attacked Mr Liptrot with knives from the kitchen where they had been sitting.

The victim suffered gashes to both his face and hand that needed hospital treatment.

As the couple rang 999 for paramedics and police, Pattinson walked out and went to the Musketeer pub.

The hearing was told that two officers were dispatched to investigate, found out where the assailant had gone, confronted her at the pub with her crime and arrested her.

She appeared to co-operate at first but once she was in the back of the police van she then kicked out at PC Titherington hitting his left knee and causing reddening.

And when the officers later got her out of the vehicle, she then kicked PC Rimmer in the head twice causing bruising to her face.

Pattinson, formerly of Lincoln Drive, Ashton-in-Makerfield, but latterly of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and two charges of assaulting emergency workers when she appeared in the dock.

She had initially faced the more serious charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent - the gravest form of assault after attempted murder.

But the prosecution was not able to prove to the high criminal standard that Pattinson intended to cause her victim really serious harm.

And it was also concluded that Mr Liptrot’s injuries were not quite as serious had been initially thought either and so the prosecution accepted the guilty plea to the lesser offence.

The judge gave Pattinson an eight-month prison sentence for the wounding and six months each for the officer assaults although they will all be served concurrently.

A five-year restraining order was made by the court, preventing her from contacting Mr Liptrot, and the knife was confiscated.

It was not the first time Pattinson had attacked police officers. In 2018 she was given a 12-week suspended prison sentence for kicking, biting and using the handcuffs she was wearing against two arresting bobbies.

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