A mum-of-four who was left scarred for life by her own son after he launched a vicious knife attack on her ex-boyfriend has herself been jailed following a spate of burglaries. Anne-Marie Thornton, 43, was arrested after she repeatedly tried to break into her neighbours' homes by testing the door handles of various properties.
Last year, Thornton and her now ex-boyfriend were stabbed by her son Tyrell, 21, in a frenzied knife attack. Tyrell knifed the 34-year old man 13 times about in the back, chest, arm and thigh after finding him in his mother's bedroom and accusing him of being violent towards her.
He then accidentally slashed his mother across the face as she tried to stop him before running off. His male victim was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and had to undergo emergency surgery for a collapsed lung as Tyrell was jailed for five years last December.
