Crime
Woman stabs sister in the neck, elbow and abdomen in frenzied Cambridge attack
A woman stabbed her sister in a frenzied attack in Cambridge. Patricia O’Dwyer, 37, of no fixed address, used a knife to stab and slash at the woman in Ditton Fields, Cambridge on 21 July.
Emergency services arrived to find the 41-year-old victim collapsed on the ground with members of the public applying pressure to her wounds.
O’Dwyer was arrested at the scene and found with blood on her hands and a knife concealed in her bra.
Her sister was taken to hospital where she was treated for six stab wounds to the abdomen, neck and elbow.
At Cambridge Crown Court on Friday (4 October), O’Dwyer was sentenced to six years in prison.
Custody photo of Patricia O’Dwyer and a picture of the knife. O’Dwyer, 37, of no fixed address, used the knife to stab and slash at the woman in Ditton Fields, Cambridge on 21 July.
She had previously pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and possession of knife.
She will serve a further five years on extended licence.
O’Dwyer also pleaded guilty to further charges including
1: Two counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place
2: Two counts of common assault
3: Two counts of criminal damage
4: Intimidating a witness
5: Two counts of using threatening words/behaviour likely to cause distress
6: Racially aggravated harassment
7: Possession of cannabis
8: Two counts of assault by beating.
Detective Constable William Kerslake, who investigated, said: “O’Dwyer launched a frenzied attack on her sister, stabbing and slashing her multiple times.
“It is pure luck that she wasn’t seriously injured or even killed that day.
“Thanks to members of the public in the area at the time, the victim was able to get the treatment she needed and O’Dwyer was swiftly arrested.”
