A mother-of-two has said she will never forgive her father-in-law for an attack in which he tried to blind her with a knife after accusing her of having an affair.

Manjit Singh Mirgind, 51, was jailed in June for nearly 11 years for the assault.

She was partially blinded, her wrists slashed and her face was bruised.

In her first full interview with the BBC's Asian Network, Jageer Kaur said he should have got a tougher sentence.

WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions and a graphic image of the victim after the attack

Describing the attack which took place in December 2013 she said Mirgind tried to kill her.

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"He got the knife and turned it like a pencil and pen and started nicking little bits of my face," said the 30-year-old mother-of-two.

"He then dragged me by my hair into the kitchen. But the kitchen door was shut so he kept banging my head against the door."

Mirgind, who is Sikh, accused her of having an affair with someone of a different religion, which Ms Kaur denies.

Police described Mirgind as acting out of a "misguided sense of honour".

The judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court, where he was sentenced in June, said he set out with "great hostility and vengeance".

'Psychological damage'

The attack took place in front of both of her children at her home in Ilford, east London.

"My son came in to tell him to stop but he wouldn't," she said.

"My kids are having counselling now and that hurts me as a mother to say that your child has to have counselling. It just makes you feel disgusting."

"He should have been put away for a lot longer, because you can't let a man like that out."

She added: "The psychological damage that I have now and what my children are going through, the judge actually said there were three victims."

Her mother Rani said she is proud that her daughter has come through the nightmare.

"She is a very strong person, and if that was me, any lesser person, I wouldn't have been able to survive," said Rani.

'Nearly die'

Ms Kaur said she has had support from the Asian community but said there had been lots of critics as well, who support what her father-in-law did because they believed the rumours of an affair.

"If that was your daughter, would you let her live with this gossip knowing that she's been through that?" said Ms Kaur.

"Or would you defend her no matter if she had done it, which I haven't. Does she deserve to nearly die?"

Ms Kaur has chosen not to share recent images of herself for this article.

She said she is still coming to terms with the scars and also is worried about backlash if she shows her face.

Ms Kaur is now trying to rebuild her life but said it had been a struggle.

She added: "It's been horrible. I've been angry, depressed, sad. It's because of my family I'm actually here today."

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