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A jealous woman attacked her ex-girlfriend and then viciously knifed a security officer who arrived to help.

Aimee Ellard next lashed out at a police constable who arrested her, describing him as a “black b******” and “black c****, and screaming: “Get that n****** off me!”

The 26-year-old cried quietly in the dock as she was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court.

Ben Jones, prosecuting, said Ellard had lost her temper after believing that her former partner Jessica Edgar-Brown had been unfaithful in their “volatile” relationship.

Ms Edgar-Brown rang 999, informing police that Ellard was on the way to her home on Pembroke Court, Birkenhead, on February 10, before taking off her rings and “preparing herself for a fight”.

Judge Rachel Smith said Ms Edgar-Brown was “confident she’d got the better of their bust-up, and left the scene, before realising moments later that she’d suffered cuts to her right breast and shoulder blade”.

Thomas Rose, who worked as a security guard at the supported living accommodation, tried to stop Ellard from following her ex-partner, but she stabbed him to the upper body.

He was rushed to the major trauma ward at Aintree Hospital where it was discovered he’d suffered a collapsed lung and had lost a lot of blood.

Judge Smith said that the “rapid treatment he’d received had saved his life.”

Mr Rose, the court said, needed four pints of blood to be pumped into him following the shock attack.

PC Khalid Mahmood came across Ellard at the hospital while she was “lying on the ground, crying in pain”. It was at this point she racially abused him and was aggressive towards other medical staff.

The constable then arrested her for the attack on Ms Edgar-Brown.

Her barrister, Gareth Bellis, told the court: “This was a nasty offence including vile language. She is clear of any {alcohol} addictions and now is a very different person who attends court today.

“She is taking every possible advantage of the courses and help while on remand in Styal Prison.”

Mr Rose’s injuries meant he was unable to go on a plane or go scuba diving, and now holds his sides when sneezing, coughing or laughing, and feels “vulnerable and exposed.”

In a victim impact statement, he said: “I’m very wary of certain people and if I see boisterous people it makes me nervous.”

Ellard, whose address was listed as Styal Prison, in Cheshire, pleaded guilty to wounding her former partner, racially aggravated harassment of the police officer, and intentionally wounding Mr Rose.