The girlfriend of a man who was stabbed in the eye and stomach has spoken out about her own experience as part of an anti-knife campaign.

In February 2017, 21-year-old Jamie Wilson was stabbed twice during an altercation with an old school friend.

He was stabbed in his stomach and his eye.

At first, Jamie didn’t realise what had happened to him. He thought he had been punched in the eye but people nearby were telling him he had been stabbed. He woke up in hospital with his family and friends distraught around him.

The priority for the doctors was to repair Jamie’s stomach, he had suffered internal bleeding and doctors later told him that he was lucky not to need a colostomy bag.

Unfortunately, Jamie’s eye could not be saved and he has had to adjust to life blinded in one eye.

His attacker was jailed in August for seven years.

Jamie’s girlfriend, 20-year-old Chloe Hardy knew her childhood sweetheart was out for the night and went to sleep only to wake up to 30 missed calls telling her that Jamie had been stabbed. Her heart sank when she found out what had happened to him and she feared she was going to lose him.

After a worrying few days in the hospital at Jamie’s side, the pair found out that Jamie had lost the sight in his eye and Chloe supported Jamie as he broke down after hearing the news.

Chloe has suffered severe anxiety since Jamie’s attack and finds it hard to trust people. She has been seeing a counsellor to help her come to terms with what happened.