A 20-YEAR-OLD woman was given a 13-year extended sentence after she stabbed a man in the abdomen at a ‘house party gone wrong’.

Samantha Houlgrave was found guilty of plunging a nine-inch kitchen knife into Samuel Madden, causing damage to his kidney and liver.

The victim, who was in his 20s had to undergo extensive surgery to make sure he was not suffering internal damage.

A jury convicted Houlgrave, of Warrington Road, of inflicting grievous bodily harm following a five-day trial at Preston Crown Court.

After being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, plus a further three on an extended licence, the defendant was again hauled before another judge after she lit a cigarette in a cell at Preston, causing the fire alarms to sound and the building to be evacuated.

Speaking after the hearing, DC Rob Sledge said Mr Madden had been left with both physical and mental scars as a result of the attack, which happened when a row broke out over alcohol.

He said: “They had both been drinking at Houlgrave’s house in Borrowdale Avenue. It was a house party gone wrong.

“Mr Madden decided to leave and he wanted to take the drinks he had paid for with him. Houlgrave objected.

“She said she picked the knife up off the grass outside the house and she forgot she had it in her hand. She said she went to push Mr Madden away and that is when she stabbed him.”

Mr Madded needed surgery to repair the ‘nicks’ in his organs.

DC Sledge added: “He will have life-long scarring and has had to have a lot of extensive surgical intervention.

“Mr Madden has been really lucky because the surgeon said if the knife had gone in half an inch either side of where it did, he would be dead.”

After being sent to prison by Judge Jacqueline Beech, Houlgrave was again brought before Judge Anthony Russell QC, after she lit a cigarette in her cell. Proceedings were disrupted and people had to leave the building as a fire alarm went off.

“It needs to be understood that it could well be a contempt of court either to bring items to court which should not be brought and certainly, to use them in a way which results in disrupting proceedings.”

James Heyworth, representing Houlgrave, said she apologised for the inconvenience.