Manstabbedbywoman during vicious quarrel

TWO female KFC workers attacked a man following a row over a broken wardrobe.

Katrina McCuish, 29, and Lindsay Anderson, 26, pounced on Stephen Henry in July last year.

McCuish punched and booted Mr Henry before Anderson brutally stabbed him.

A judge heard how police went on to find both women in tears after the assault in McCuish’s flat in Paisley.

The victim meantime was left scarred for life following his ordeal and needed three months off work.

The incident emerged as Mc- Cuish and Anderson faced an attempted murder allegation at the High Court in Glasgow.

First offender Anderson instead pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Henry to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life.

McCuish admitted assaulting the man – whom she once dated – by punching and kicking him.

Both will learn their fate when they return to the dock next month.

Mr Henry had been at McCuish’s home on July 22 last year along with Anderson.

The women knew each other as they worked at the same un- named KFC branch. Mr Henry and McCuish, of Paisley, had once been “casually romantically linked” but Anderson “did not get on” with him.

An argument broke out that night between Mr Henry and Anderson, of Arden.

Prosecutor Duncan McPhie said: “McCuish thought Mr Henry had broken an item of furniture – a glass panel in a wardrobe – during the altercation. She began punching and kicking him while shouting at him to leave her flat.”

Mr Henry was then aware of Anderson beside him – but his next memory was being on the floor breathless. He heard McCuish weeping asking Anderson: “What have you done?”

Mr Henry “begged” McCuish for help as she stemmed blood with his hooded top.

Police were called and discovered both attackers tending to the victim.

The court heard Mr Henry suffered four stab wounds near his shoulders and was also treated for a collapsed lung.

He stated that he had been attacked by both women.

Anderson’s QC Thomas Ross yesterday said she was aware she was facing “likely imprisonment” for the crime.