A Lanarkshire woman has opened up about being the victim of a horror machete attack in her home that saw her lose two fingers.
The 28-year-old mum-of-two, from Coatbridge, told how her life will never be the same following the terrifying ordeal.
Thugs from Liverpool are believed to have travelled to Scotland to carry out the machete attack.
The woman lost two fingers on her left hand when she was hurt as she tried to call police while the male victim was so badly injured he had to have his right leg amputated, the Daily Record reports.
She said: “It’s a horrendous thing that happened to me and it’s difficult to talk about.
“I’m just trying to move forward with my life and recover from all of this. It has been a traumatic experience.
“I’m trying to focus on me and the kids at the moment. My partner and I have now gone our separate ways. I’m not in touch with him any more.
“I can’t tell you why we were attacked..”
The attack took place on May 19 at about 2.30am.
The couple were taken by ambulance to Monklands Hospital, in Airdrie, for treatment and the amputations on both victims were carried out later by surgeons.
Police had made an appeal for witnesses but details of the incident only emerged last week after photographs of the injured couple were posted on social media.
One image shows the male victim in a hospital bed with his right leg amputated above the knee and his left leg bandaged and in a brace.
His arms are also heavily bandaged from above the elbow downwards covering both hands. It’s understood that his fingers were also badly damaged in the attack.
An image of the woman shows her left arm bandaged from below the elbow covering the hand where the fingers were amputated.
She had witnessed the attack and was swiped with a blade when she went to phone for help - causing her to lose two middle fingers on her left hand.
A family member of the woman said: “Even the police have said it was the worst they had ever seen. She was lucky she did not lose more than her two fingers.”
The woman has since moved out of her home and hopes to now find somewhere else for her and her two young children to live.
Following the double attack last month, police said there had been a disturbance in the house and that the injuries suffered by the couple were “serious”.
But no further details were given.
Police said their inquiries into the incident are “still ongoing.”
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