A wife-to-be has been jailed for 11 years after launching a frenzied knife attack on her fiance following a sickening campaign of domestic violence - before calling an ambulance for herself.

Harriet Sharp, 25, repeatedly stabbed former barman Martyn Brown, 29, in the chest and abdomen, puncturing his lung and leaving him 'an hour from death'.

But instead of seeking help, Sharp, of Cleveleys, Lancashire, feigned stomach pains and called an ambulance for herself and warned him to keep quiet.

Father-of-two Mr Brown said medics told him he would have died within an hour of the stabbing attack had he not received medical attention.

He said he has decided to speak out in a bid to encourage more male victims of domestic abuse to come forward.

Harriet Sharp, right, was jailed for 11 years after launching a 'frenzied' knife attack on fiance Martyn Brown, left, puncturing his lung and cutting him 'to the bone'

Mr Brown said medics told him he would have died within an hour of the stabbing attack had he not received medical attention. He is pictured here following surgery in hospital

Mr Brown said the attack left him hallucinating and 'going in and out of consciousness'. Pictured is another of his wounds

Sharp will serve at least two thirds of the 11-year jail term, after admitting three offences of maliciously wounding Mr Brown with intent to cause him grievous bodily between November and January.

Speaking today, Mr Brown said: 'I thought I was going to die that night. If someone in my situation is reading this I hope they get out, because it will get worse.

'All along I never went for her, I felt she was very controlling. She alienated me from my friends, I was under the thumb and she made it so I had nobody to talk to.

'Medics said I had one hour to live when a was stabbed the third time. I thought I was going to die, I was hallucinating, I was going in and out of consciousness.

'It was a terrifying ordeal and I would not wish it on my worst enemy.'

He added: 'I'm doing terribly, I have tried to take my own life.'

Sentencing, Judge Robert Altham said: 'The defendant in particular was drinking habitually and in drink was extremely violent and very volatile.

'Mr Brown was understandably extremely frightened. He had blood all over him

'Given at this stage he was grievously injured she rang for an ambulance and told him to say nothing of the very serious injuries she had inflicted on him.

'The defendant showed absolutely no concern for him.

'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 court heard he had been subjected to months of violence by Sharp, who had 'blamed him'

'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.'

'One can imagine this is a situation he will find it very difficult to get over.

'When in drink she becomes irrationally and extravagantly violent. She controlled her victim within an extremely violent relationship.

'Even to this day she casts blame on him for the violence she meted out to him.

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

Mr Brown, pictured with Sharp, said he was speaking out to encourage other victims of domestic abuse to come forward

Preston Crown Court heard the victim moved into a one bedroomed flat with Sharp, whom he had been at school with, and her mother Jane a year before the stabbing, and was supposed to marry her in October.

But those plans came to an end when he spent four days in hospital with his serious injuries.

He is now suffering PTSD and has made attempts on his life, said prosecutor Nick Kennedy.

Describing the background to the case, Mr Kennedy said: 'Mr Brown described how every weekend involved an argument.

'What is clear is the defendant drank heavily, and in drink, the Crown's case is she became extremely volatile and violent towards Mr Brown.

'Their next door neighbour Jodie Smith knew the defendant, her mother and Mr Brown well, socialising with them.

'Miss Smith was fully aware of the defendant's conduct and she described their relationship as being out of control, that the defendant was 'generally crazy and out of control' in drink.

'She had witnessed a number of episodes of serious violence including causing him stab injuries with a knife, kicking him, hitting him or slapping him.

'The three allegations of violence meted out by Miss Sharp occurred in the period between October 2016 and January this year.

'On one occasion Miss Sharp came out of the kitchen and stabbed him in the chest with the kitchen knife, and in the course of that interview the defendant had simulated a swiping movement down the chest which left him with a six inch scar.

The court was told Sharp, pictured with Mr Brown, 'became irrationally and extravagantly violent' when she drank

'The second incident took place on December 1. Again in the course of an argument the defendant resorted to using a knife on Mr Brown.

'She stabbed him and she was scraping him with a scratching motion over his wrist area.'

The court heard the repeated motion cut him down to the bone so that the bone was visible, and left him with a crescent shaped wound.

Mr Kennedy added: ' Her mother called an ambulance to deal with this particular injury.'

Worse was to come on January 10, when the victim and Sharp had invited their neighbour around and drank cans of lager.

In mitigation, the court was told Sharp, pictured, had suffered traumatic experiences in her childhood

A row began and Sharp started to slap him around the face.

The court heard he was crying at the violence.

Sharp threatened to stab him and emerged from the kitchen with a knife, stabbing out at him, striking his stomach and chest and leaving him covered in blood.

She called an ambulance for herself, claiming she was having stomach pains, and told him 'not to say anything'.

However, paramedics realised he was seriously injured and took him to the ambulance, with Sharp showing no concern for him.

He confided in them and said he had never reported the abuse as he was 'ashamed of what she had done to him' and didn't want to get her into trouble.

Medics and police officers saw 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.

Preston Crown Court, pictured, heard Mr Brown has been suffering from PTSD ever since the attack in January

Sharp, wearing a grey top and a crucifix, sat with her hands clasped as her 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 kept herself to herself. This was her first relationship. She found that really quite difficult.

'He had had a relationship before and two children, and she was fairly critical of the way he dealt with that.

'Mr Brown drank quite a bit too and this was a very closed environment.

'She has learned her lesson, she is sorry, she understands what she did was terribly wrong.'