Woman Stabs Bingo Pal in Frenzied Attack Over Accusations of Theft

A shocking story coming from Plymouth today reveals how one woman stabbed her bingo friend in the neck in a sustained and frenzied attack. Last summer, Paula Ayres a 51-year old woman visited her friend Julie Page at her home in Oak Road, Bishop Waltham. However, it wasn’t for tea and biscuits.

Shortly after arriving, Paula overheard Julie’s suspicions that she had stolen almost £4K from her and this triggered a chain of what could’ve been deadly events. The alleged thief, Paula, held a Stanley knife to her victim’s throat and began brutally stabbing her. An altercation began which saw Julie lose blood from her puncture wounds and her ear due to the sheer strength of her attacker.

In a courageous move, Julie decided to play dead on the kitchen floor in a bid to end the frightening attack, and it paid off. Giving evidence in court sporting a large bandage to her neck, Julie told the jurors how Paula went “flying” at her on July 22^nd last year.

The court heard how the pair regularly went shopping together as well as playing bingo games almost once a week. “All of a sudden she just lunged at me from behind and she had my neck in like a vice with both hands. I didn’t realise at the time she had a knife or whatever she had. We were struggling. I kept shouting at her: “What are you doing this for? What are you doing? What’s wrong with you?”

Julie continued: “She didn’t answer. She didn’t utter a word to me. She kept going, and going, and going. She got me to the ground, and I believe that’s when she broke the rib. There was blood everywhere, there (were) clots - it was horrendous to be honest. I thought I’m going to die here if I’m not careful.”

Her harrowing attack in a victim statement concluded with: “(I thought) I just got to make out she’s already done it. I lay there deadly quiet holding my breath and next minute she disappeared. I thought “thank Christ for that”. I managed to scramble up and reach my phone and call the police and ambulance.”

A Winning Victory for the Victim

Paula admitted to the court that not only did she cause grievous bodily harm with intent, but she had also stolen cash from Julie. However, she denies the claim of attempted murder. Injuries sustained in the attack were two very large wounds to her neck, five to seven separate further wounds to her back, two possible rib fractures and an injury to her ear when an earring was torn out.

A Facetime conversation between Julie and her sister began whilst Paula was in the house. The topic of chat wet from the latest gossip and then onto the subject of missing cash. The victim told her sister her husband was currently at the police station reporting the theft and this initiated the attack. Paula arrived at her bingo pals’ home with another friend but left; this was a ruse according to the Mr Jones the prosecutor.

Mr Jones said: “The defendant’s clear intention was to kill. Just after the attack the third woman returned and Ayres answered the door with a bloodied hand, claiming she had cut it on a ‘tin opener’. In fact, what the defendant had just done was carry out a brutal and unlawful attack on Mrs Page with a knife, a knife that she carried from that house to her own house, the defendant walking back with (the third woman) to make a cup of tea.”

The court hearing is still proceeding. Keep your eyes on our news for the verdict.