AS a heavily pregnant woman was stabbed repeatedly by an intruder, her horrified husband who was serving as a soldier overseas watched on helplessly as the attack played live on video chat.

Rachel Poole, 31, was in the couple's Texas home talking to her husband, Justin Pele Poole, on FaceTime when a man who had broken into their home lunged at her with a knife.

According to KFOX14, Mrs Poole recognised her assailant as 19-year-old Corey Moss, a soldier who owed her husband money, and screamed out his name.

Justin Poole, who is stationed in southwest Asia, immediately contacted Fort Bliss, the military base back in Texas where Moss is posted.

Neighbours told KFOX14 Moss owed the Pooles money for car repairs because he had borrowed a vehicle from them and crashed it.

Moss had broken into the house while Mrs Poole was out.

When she returned home, she turned on the Apple video chat program FaceTime on her phone and began talking to her husband.

She was nine months pregnant at the time of the attack.

Doctors said her unborn baby girl, who is due in a week, was in good condition. The couple plan to name her Isabella.

Officers at the Fort Bliss military base intercepted Moss on his return and found the knife allegedly used in the attack in his car.

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