A DRUNK woman who stabbed her ex-partner in a bloody knife attack and 'left him for dead' has been spared jail.

Chloe Kendrick stabbed her ex through the abdomen with a kitchen knife when he visited her flat and told him: "Now you know how I feel!"

The 28-year-old of Meadow Sweet Court, Malvern walked out of Worcester Crown Court on Friday having been handed a 20 month prison sentence suspended for two years for inflicting grievous bodily harm (section 20, without intent).

A not guilty verdict was entered on an alternative charge of wounding with intent (section 18). When she left court she bought a pack of lager from the garage shop in Castle Street.

The victim, Daniel Wint, lost four and a half litres of blood and had to be rushed by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham following the stabbing on Friday, November 8, 2019.

Both parties had been drinking before the attack and had consumed 'significant amounts of alcohol', the court heard.

Michael Hall, prosecuting, said: "Police attended the home address of Miss Kendrick and found the victim lying on the bed clutching a blood-stained rag. He was holding it to his lower abdomen and was in clear pain and distress."

Police identified what was estimated to be a 10 to 15mm laceration below his belly button on the right hand side.

Mr Wint was taken to the QE where he required surgery because of damage to his lower bowel.

He had lost around half a litre of blood at the scene itself but investigations by medics at the hospital revealed a further four litres of blood in his abdominal cavity which had to be drained.

A surgeon identified a single 2cm cut as the source of the bleeding. The victim was hypertensive and in shock and had to be transferred to intensive care after surgery. Mr Wint remained in hospital for five days before being released.

Kendrick was arrested at the home of a former partner, initially on suspicion of attempted murder.

She had texted Mr Wint to tell him: "I'm sorry. It was an accident."

Officers also found the kitchen knife used to stab him which had a six inch blade.

Mr Wint compiled a victim personal statement in which he described their relationship as 'volatile'.

Mr Hall said there had been complaints of violence from both sides in the past but no arrests or convictions as a result.

While at her flat Mr Wint described hearing a 'thud' or a 'whack' while he had his mobile phone in his hand and did not see the knife. "She said words to the effect of 'now you know how I feel'," said Mr Hall.

The victim described 'blood everywhere'. When Mr Wint called 999 for an ambulance he was asked if he needed police too but Kendrick told them 'just an ambulance'.

Mr Wint said she did not try to help him, only to wipe up the blood and also described her 'legging it'. "He describes how he felt he had been left for dead," said Mr Hall.

He has since been diagnosed with PTSD and required sleeping tablets and other medication. Mr Hall added: "He has recurring nightmares and he describes having been through hell and back."

Mr Wint also described his self-confidence as being 'totally shattered'.

Judge James Burbidge QC accepted that Kendrick had emotionally unstable personality disorder and had visited her mum in hospital who died four months later.

He took into account her tragic family circumstances growing up, her engagement with alcohol support services and the community mental health team and her realistic prospect of rehabilitation.

Further to the suspended sentence, he imposed 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and placed her on an electronically monitored curfew between 8pm and 7am for the next three months.

The judge said he was in no position to award compensation but that Mr Wint could pursue this through criminal injuries compensation.