Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006. The following year, they moved in together. But Ioan didn’t like to work, and Marina paid for everything. Years passed and he was no different. Ioan started to drink heavily, and the pair constantly argued. In July 2022, Marina ended things. But the following month, Ioan turned up at the hospital where she worked, drunk. He followed Marina as she walked home. He stabbed her eight times in her left side, shoulder, arm and breast. Thankfully, a stranger intervened and saved Marina’s life. In July 2023, Ioan was found guilty of assault by beating and attempted murder. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a further three years on license at Northampton Crown Court.
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .
A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .