OXFORD University knife attacker Lavinia Woodward is enjoying a summer of luxury in the Italian fashion capital of Milan.

The 24-year-old, who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in a drug-fuelled rage, spends her days browsing in shops or having her hair done.

7 Lavinia Woodward on shopping spree with £1,000 Chanel bag Credit: Kevin Dunnett - The Sun.

7 The 24-year-old is staying at her family’s £1.5m villa near Milan Credit: Kevin Dunnett - The Sun.

7 Milan is one of the shopping capitals of the world Credit: Kevin Dunnett - The Sun.

In a bid to get away from scrutiny, she is staying at her family’s £1.5million villa near the city and carries a £1,000 Chanel bag when she goes out with mum Jane.

Last month a judge said he would spare the wannabe heart surgeon jail on an unlawful wounding charge. He delayed sentence as he did not want to ruin her chances.

Passing sentence, judge Ian Pringle told Woodward: "It seems to me that if this was a one-off, a complete one-off, to prevent this extraordinarily able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the [medical] profession she wishes to would be a sentence which would be too severe.

7 The student is spending the summer with her family Credit: Kevin Dunnett - The Sun.

7 The Oxford student was spared jail because of her career aspirations Credit: Facebook

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“What you did will never, I know, leave you but it was pretty awful, and normally it would attract a custodial sentence, whether it is immediate or suspended.’’

Following the hearing, Mark Brooks, chairman of the Mankind Initiative which supports male victims of domestic abuse, said the judge’s comments would make it more difficult for men to come forward for fear of not being taken seriously.

7 Woodward hopes to one day be a heart surgeon Credit: timstewartnews@gmail.com

Mr Brooks said: “The judge’s comments are completely unacceptable and out of touch. This is a clear case of severe domestic abuse against a man and the focus and sympathy should be with him.

“The judge seems to think that domestic abuse, when it is committed by a woman against a man, is not as serious as it rightly is when it is the other way round.

7 Woodward stabbed her boyfriend in the leg with a bread knife Credit: Facebook

“This is wrong. It only serves to reinforce society’s continuing empathy gap between male and female victims and the message the judge sends is that this is right.

“It also makes it harder for men to come forward and get help because many fear not being taken seriously when they do - just because they are a man. This does nothing to change that view.”