Glam girl left boyfriend ‘coated in blood’ however avoids jail as she’s pregnant

A financial institution employee who left her boyfriend “covered in blood” after a knife assault has averted jail as a result of she is pregnant.

Kimberley Blyth, 36, stabbed Alan Kellett twice throughout a row after an evening out in April 2022. She used a blade from a knife block of their kitchen at their house in Boldon, South Tyneside, and inflicted two wounds to his arm.

Newcastle Crown Court heard how bricklayer Mr Kellett rang his mom after the assault and instructed her: “Please come, she has stabbed me twice. I’m bleeding I’ve never lost this much blood, it has gone through a main artery.”

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Mr Kellett mentioned in a sufferer assertion: “At the time of the assault I was stabbed in the left arm to defend myself had I not put my arm up I would probably have been stabbed in the chest and killed. I believe that Blyth has tried to kill me that night. As a result of the injuries I have permanent nerve damage for life.”

The courtroom additionally heard how Blyth “believed that she had been assaulted” previous to the knife assault. She admitted wounding however claimed she picked up the knife in self defence.

Tabitha Buck, defending Blyth, mentioned she “shows remorse towards Mr Kellett”. Ms Buck described their relationship as “tempestuous”.

Blyth was handed a 21 month sentence suspended for 2 years after the courtroom was instructed she is now pregnant with another person’s child. She should additionally full 150 hours of unpaid work, and a five-year restraining order is in place.

Recorder Brian Whitehead mentioned: “If I was to imprison you now there is no guarantee you would be put in a mother and baby unit and it could be the baby would be taken into care and that can’t be right.”

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