Attack survivor weds soulmate
A STAB attack survivor who met her fiancé through a charity which helped save her life has married her “soulmate”.
Natalie Queiroz was critically injured in a frenzied assault in Sutton Coldfield six years ago.
The mother-of-three was stabbed 24 times with a 12-inch kitchen knife during a savage nine-minute attack.
It was carried out by then partner Babur ‘Bobby’ Raja at Trinity Hill, while she was eight months pregnant with his child.
She was flown to Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital by air ambulance for surgery and her daughter was safely born by emergency C-section.
She was later awarded an MBE for services to young people after becoming an anti-knife crime campaigner following the heinous attack in 2016. Her attacker was jailed for 18 years.
Natalie tied the knot with Simon Lyttle last week. He proposed on a beach in Tenerife on New Year’s
Eve 2019. She wrote: “I am stupidly excited and happy to announce Simon and I have become husband and wife. I would never have believed after everything that happened to me that I would ever find my soulmate – Simon is exactly that and more.”
She added: “A massive thank you from both of us for all the incredible congratulating and loving messages.
They mean the world to us. Most people come back from Cornwall with some clotted cream or fudge. Best take home gift ever.”
The couple met through their fundraising missions. Natalie was raising money for the Air Ambulance, which helped save her and her baby’s life. Simon had been supporting his niece, Isabella, who was suffering from neuroblastoma.