A hero neighbour has described the moment he saw 'blood all over the place' before stepping in to take a knife off a 'frenzied' attacker.
Paul Martin was working from home in Old Swan in Liverpool when he heard someone outside shouting for help. The 39-year-old went outside and found his neighbour Wesley Pemberton covered in blood.
After hearing that Mr Pemberton's girlfriend Kelsey Anne Gielinck was being attacked by her friend Lauren Walsh in their home, Mr Martin rushed inside to intervene. He said he shouted 'girls, what are you doing?' as he saw 'blood all over the place'.
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He said Walsh had a 'red mist come over her', but he calmly took the knife from her hands and got the victim out of the house. Miss Gielinck, then aged 21, was stabbed 18 times in the attack on April 14, 2021, suffering wounds to her nose, face, chest, body and stomach, plus severed tendons in her right hand, the Liverpool Echo reports.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Walsh had stolen Miss Gielinck's bank card and spent money on it on the morning of the attack. Now, Mr Martin will be awarded The King's Commendation for Bravery for seizing the knife away from Walsh, before staying with Ms Gielinck until an ambulance arrived.
Speaking to PA, he said: "There was blood all over the place, I shouted 'girls, what are you doing?'... she (Walsh) just froze and I walked over and actually took the knife from her, I was under the impression that she didn't know what was going on.
"It was like a red mist had come over her, she looked at me with a blank expression on her face, I just took the knife from her and got Kelsey out of the house."
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