Man stabbed lover 12 times after row

A Coatbridge man stabbed his girlfriend 12 times and then claimed the wounds were selfinflicted.

But police did not believe Francis Mccudden, 54, because three of the stab wounds were in her back.

The High Court in Glasgow heard Mccudden lashed out with two knives after 39-yearold Angela Rae complained about a broken coffee table.

Mccudden yesterday admit- ted attempting to murder Ms Rae at their flat in Red Bridge Court on 4 March.

Ms Rae was woken by a thumping and went through to the living room to find the table in pieces, the court heard.

Mccudden told her: “The way I see it, it’s a £30 table. We can get another in the morning.”

When Ms Rae continued to remonstrate, Mccudden attacked her. The couple had been in a relationship since June last year. She said: “He looked like a devil.” Ms Rae put up her hands to protect her face and was slashed on one of her hands.

The victim managed to stagger out of the house and knocked on a neighbour’s house to ask for help.

She was covered in blood from head to toe and collapsed on the eighth floor landing.

Judge Lady Scott deferred sentence on Mccudden until next month at the High Court in Edinburgh and ordered an assessment of the risk he poses to the public.