A mum who was attacked with a machete after three men burst into her home said she was willing to die to protect her children. Ashley Reilly, 35, suffered appalling injuries as she was slashed by the weapon as her home was invaded.
The terrifying ordeal began in the early hours when she woke up after hearing the front window of her home being smashed. She urged her children, son Benji, 14, and daughter Vogue, six, to find cover. During the attack that followed, her assailants hacked through a wardrobe she used as a shield, cutting the tendons in her wrist and ankle.
The incident at her home in Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, happened at around 4am on Monday, May 2 as her children looked on, the Daily Record reports. A Police Scotland spokesperson has confirmed enquiries into the incident remain ongoing.
