A Cambridgeshire man has been jailed for 11 years for attempted murder.

Rafal Graczyk, 25, of Alwyn Close, St Ives, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court yesterday (August 8) after pleading guilty at a previous hearing.

Officers were called at 4.45am on February 7 this year by a distressed woman who asked for police and then hung up.  The call taker was able to trace the call to Graczyk’s home and officers rushed to the address.  When they arrived they found his 21-year-old partner lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds.  They gave the woman first aid while they waited for an ambulance.

She was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital with serious injuries and underwent surgery.

She later described to officers how the previous day she had told Gracyzk she was leaving him and that morning, as she got ready for work, he had become violent.  During the incident he told her he would kill her or their baby and that she must choose.  After saying she chose herself he stabbed her repeatedly.

DC Sarah Fines said: "Graczyk is a violent man who showed no remorse for the suffering he put his partner through.

"She has shown great courage throughout this process and I hope today's result will provide her with some closure to this horrendous experience."