27 years old woman, reveals how her friend sliced her face with a Stanley knife leaving her with a FOUR-INCH slash across the cheek that needed 33 stitches

Katie Charlton, 22, (left) was at a house party in Boldon, South Tyneside, when vicious Stephen Thompson, 27, knifed her and left her with four inch slash across her cheek (right). She needed 33 stitches (inset) and is speaking out to raise awareness about knife crime in the UK. Just moments before the horrific attack, Thompson got into a fight with her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend Damion Armour and later produced the weapon. He plunged it into Mr Armour's forearm and neck and then Miss Charlton claims he grabbed her hair and pulled her backwards. Thompson was later jailed for five-and-a-half years at Newcastle Crown Court