A young wife stabbed her husband’s teenage mistress after discovering they met up whilst she sat with their gravely ill baby in hospital.

Natasha Khan, 18, stormed up to Leah Cryne and subjected her to a frenzied knife attack after she spotted her by chance whilst strolling through a park with her spouse.

Miss Cryne, also 18, was knifed six times and taken to hospital for various wounds to her right shoulder and her left arm.

Police spoke to Cryne as she lay injured in Manchester Royal Infirmary - then arrested Khan at neighbouring St Mary’s Hospital, where her one-month-old baby Aydin was lying gravely ill after being born prematurely. The infant has since died.

Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester heard the stabbing occurred following angry phone calls between the two women which culminated in Miss Cryne snapping and saying: ‘’I hope your son dies and when he does I’m going to dig him up and spit on him’’

In response Khan retorted: “Watch it - when I see you, God help you.”

Yesterday Khan, from Whalley Range , was locked away for three years and four months in a young offenders institute after she admitted wounding with intent and a separate offence failing to answer her bail. She was also issued with a restraining order preventing her from contacting Miss Cryne indefinitely.

Khan had married husband Hamza Farid in an Islamic ceremony and the couple had a child, Aydin, in March 2015 but he was born 24 weeks prematurely and was kept in hospital.

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The court heard Khan discovered her husband had been secretly meeting up with Miss Cryne whilst she was at the baby’s bedside in hospital and she confronted the mistress in a series of phone calls.

Miss Cryne’s brother Liam dialled 999 to say her sister had been stabbed outside an apartment block near Alexandra Park in Whalley Range on April 10 2015.

Prosecutor Vanessa Thompson said: ‘’They found Leah lying on the floor with her arms covered in blood and blood running down her face. Leah said she knew her attacker as Natasha and she was with Hamza Farid.

“She told the officer there was animosity between her and Natasha because Leah had slept with Hamza.

“She recalled the defendant coming out of the park with Mr Farid, saw Leah and again made reference that she had slept with him. She took out an implement and began stabbing at her repeatedly. Leah screamed at the defendant to stop and eventually she did - but then told her ‘not to say boo to her again’.

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Miss Cryne had a 1.5cm deep laceration to her right shoulder, 4cm laceration to her left for arm and a 2cm graze to her head and was treated in hospital for two days. Khan was detained on April 11 but initially claimed she had been in the neo natal department at the time of the stabbing.

“She admitted there had been issues between the two young woman because Leah had been sleeping with her partner,’ said Miss Thompson. “Her clothing was tested for forensic evidence, and there were drops of the complainants blood found on her shoes.’’

Two weeks later Miss Khan confessed to carrying out the attack to a support worker saying: “I stabbed her up six times. I stabbed her up.”

In mitigation defence counsel Richard Lees said of Khan: “She has one of the worst backgrounds for such a young lady that I have seen in such a long time. Her baby was born at 24 weeks and died a short time later.

“Natasha was struggling significantly during these events and psychologically was affected as a grieving young mother. In this case there was provocation in the most disgusting way with the complainant saying: ‘I hope your baby dies and when he does I will dig him up and spit on him’.

“This was significant provocation in my view coupled with the fact the complainant slept with my clients partner. There is a lack of premeditation despite her carrying the knife. Her mindset was affected at the time.”

Passing sentence the judge Miss Recorder Amanda Yip QC said: ‘’You were in a relationship with Hamza Farid a young man who you referred to as your husband because you went through a religious ceremony.

“You had a baby boy who was premature on the 1 March 2015 and he survived only two months. Sadly he never left the hospital and it is clear to me both from reading evidence and hearing you give your evidence that it was a very traumatic time for you.

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“Your sister told me how difficult it was for you. It was clear to me when both you and Leah were giving evidence that neither of you were being entirely truthful. You found out that Hamza had seen Leah when you were in hospital or you thought that he had.

“As far as Leah was concerned she hadn’t done anything wrong because she was single at the time she slept with Hamza. But it is obvious that there were unpleasant calls between you both, from Leah to you and equally you to her. Your sister added that you took all of your frustrations out on Leah and you wouldn’t let it rest.

“One call in particular was overheard by your sister, where she heard Leah say ‘I hope your son dies, and when he does I will dig him up and spit on him’. That is something that is most unpleasant and affected you at that time. It made you angry and upset, you responded that she better watch it when you saw her.

“Your sister recommended that you should just leave it and ignore Leah. Tragically you did not listen to your sister, she was giving you sensible advice.

“Miss Cryne did not just experience physical trauma, she suffered with post traumatic stress disorder. It is not easy for me to say that the psychological damage was just down to this offence, but it no doubt contributed.

“You were carrying a knife with the view of using it in some circumstance - although you say this was not specifically to be used on Leah. In the report it explains that you were under extreme stress and your judgement was affected at the time of the offence.

“Your self esteem has been severely affected and levels of aggressive behaviour developed with you. There was significant pressure and your mindset was off because of the severe stress you were suffering.

“I do accept that you were young and immature and dealing with profound stress at the time. Your sister provides a role model for you and I hope you recognise that in the future.

“I do accept that your decisions were impacted by your grief.”