She sliced my skin to the bone on my arm. I felt sick

say she was going to cheat on me. But at other times she would still tell me she loved me and give me a hug.”

In December, once again Sharp, who had argued with her mum, went for Martyn with a knife. He said: “She sliced my skin to the bone on my left arm, where it meets my hand. I felt sick and dizzy. I went into the kitchen and had an epileptic fit and collapsed on the floor.

Knives

“I was crawling towards Harriet but she ignored me and carried on watching TV. Then she told me to say I’d had an accident chopping food.”

Paramedics were suspicious but Martyn stuck to his story and refused to go to hospital. It was a decision that nearly cost him his life on January 11.

He said: “I took Harriet to the pub for a meal. We had a nice day and got home about half four. We got a few drinks in and we started rowing about 8pm.

“She came at me in the front room with a kitchen knife her eyes looked angry and she started swiping at me. I tried to protect myself but she stabbed me in my left lung. Then she stabbed me all over my body, 28 times in total. Blood was pouring all over the place. It lasted about 15 minutes, before she suddenly stopped.”

Sharp called an ambulanceulance for herself, pretending she had stomach pains, and hid the couple’s le’s kitchen knives in theireir oven in a bid to escape pe justice.

She told Martyn to keep quiet a nd callously tried to bar paramedics f r om entering t he f l at.. Thankfully, the police e were called to assist.

Martyn said: “I thoughtght I was going to die and I was later told I was one hour away fromf death.d th My lung had filled up with blood.”

Martyn went into theatre at Preston Royal Hospital with appalling injuries, including a punctured left lung and internal bleeding.

“After three nights in a coma he woke up and told the police everything. He said: “I was still worried Harriet was after me but they told me she was in the police station and couldn’t get me. “My elder brother Andrew came to see me. He was close to tears and asking what the hell hadh happened. “My own dad said, ‘If only you you’d told me.’ I had been tooto ashamed and too scared.”s Martyn was discharged from hospital in January after 11 days but by March his mental health hadh completely broken downd and he tried to take hishi life. HeH said: “I just didn’t want tot be here any more. “They“Th sectionedti me. I still have my down days. It’s very hard to deal with. I hate my appearance. I hate the way I look because of my scars.” Martyn has been a patient at Blackpool’s Harbour Hospital for 11 weeks and is hoping to move soon to a halfway house run by a domestic violence charity. He has suffered from panic attacks, PTSD and hallucinations since the abuse and is receiving support from an independent male domestic violence advocate.

The physical injuries remain, with nerve damage in his left hand, but he is determined to battle on.

Martyn said: “I’m hoping to travel the world then settle down into a relationship. I want to get back into work too.

I definitely see a future for myself. I’m determined to look forward, I don’t want to let her win.”

Sentencing Sharp to 11 years at Preston crown court, Judge Robert Altham branded her a “dangerous woman”.

Martyn said: “I was happy with the sentence. It was completely justified. I’ve never had an explanation for why she did what she did. I looked at her in court and she looked emotionless. She turned her head away like she didn’t care.

“She’s shown me no remorse whatsoever. I hate her and I think she deserves everything she gets.”