Scottish pop star Sandra McKenzie was 'stabbed 49 times' by her convicted wife killer neighbour in a brutal attack during lockdown last year.
The former singer, who was a member of Whole Lotta Love hitmakers Goldbug, was terrified when Stephen Allum assaulted her when they lived next door to each other in Littlemore, Oxford.
Sandra, 63, said she became friendly with Stephen, who kept inviting her round for dinner, but she kept “putting it off”.
“We used to meet in the garden when we went for a cigarette,” she said.
Sandra eventually relented, and accepted his invitation on 24 January last year, but she had no idea what lay in store for her once she entered Stephen’s flat.
“It was absolutely terrifying. He was strangling me and I just felt all the life going out my body,” she recalled.
“I was absolutely terrified. I thought I was going to die,” Sandra added.
She said she suffered 49 stab wounds in the vicious attack, which she said took place in his back garden.
“The minute I went round he grabbed my throat and pulled me out to the back garden and took me out, got me on the ground. He was strangling me, punching my face. He kept stabbing me in the chest,” Sandra bravely shared.
Stephen, who was given a hospital order 23 years ago for killing his wife, was jailed for life last year after he admitted the attempted murder of Sandra.
She was bedridden for eight months, and still suffers with health issues more than a year after the brutal attack.
Sandra said she needs a walking frame and feels pain if she puts any weight on the leg that was injured during the stabbing.
Admitting she was “pleased” he had gone to prison, she said: “The police described it as the most vicious attack they'd ever seen.”
She’s now trying to move out of the flat she lives in, as she’s reminded of the horror on a daily basis.
“When I go out my front door I relive [the attack]. I see him standing at his door,” she sadly shared.
