Harriet Sharp has been jailed for 11 years (Picture: Ben Lack Photography)

A ‘very dangerous’ woman has been jailed for 11 years for almost killing her fiancé during a campaign of domestic violence.

Speaking out about the violence, victim Martyn Brown said he hoped men suffering domestic abuse manage to ‘get out’ after his ordeal at the hands of Harriet Sharp.

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Sharp, 25, launched three separate knife attacks on Mr Brown, 29, stabbing him in October 2016, again December, before carrying out a brutal attack in January of this year.

Eventually, she called an ambulance for herself pretending she had stomach pains, before paramedics realised Mr Brown had a number of injuries including a punctured lung.




The father-of-two admitted he thought he was ‘going to die that night’.

She was sentenced at Preston Crown Court (Picture: PA)

And he added: ‘If someone in my situation is reading this I hope they get out, because it will get worse.’

Sharp, of Beach Road, Cleveleys, Lancashire, admitted three offences of maliciously wounding Mr Brown with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.

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At the hearing at Preston Crown Court, Judge Robert Altham said Sharp ‘controlled’ her fiance and became ‘irrationally and extravagantly violent’ after drinking alcohol.

He said: ‘I’ve seen the photographs and they show a man who bears a number of scars and a number of significant injuries. The injuries sustained could have been fatal.

‘The severity of the injuries was such that the surgeon felt it was necessary to undergo an emergency laparotomy to ensure there was no further damage to internal organs.

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The brutal final attack happened at their home in Cleveleys (Picture: Google)

‘I’m perfectly satisfied this is a very dangerous woman who meets the criteria of dangerousness.’

Prosecutor Nick Kennedy said Mr Brown is suffering from PTSD and has made attempts on his life.

The court heard the couple’s plans to get married in October came to an end when Mr Brown spent four days in hospital with injuries inflicted by his fianceé.

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When paramedics arrived at their house and realised he was injured, he admitted he had never reported the abuse because he was ‘ashamed of what she had done to him’.

Mr Brown had suffered injuries to his shoulder, stomach, upper left back, thigh, forehead, upper left chest, lower abdomen and a defence wound between his finger and thumb, as well as scratches on his neck and bite marks.

Sharp’s defence lawyer John Woodward said she had suffered traumatic experiences as a child including suffering leukaemia, and had attempted to take her life.

He added: ‘She has learned her lesson, she is sorry, she understands what she did was terribly wrong.’