A mum has opened up about how her life will never be the same after gangsters broke into her home and attacked her and her partner with machetes.
The 28-year-old, who has not been named, lost two fingers on her left hand while her partner had to have his right leg amputated.
It is alleged the gangsters travelled 212 miles from Liverpool to Coatbridge, Lanarkshire to carry out the attack at 2.30am on May 19 over an unpaid six-figure debt.
The mum-of-two said she and her partner have since separated as she's trying to move on from the "traumatic experience".
The 28-year-old mum-of-two from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, said life will never be the same following the terrifying ordeal.
She told the Daily Record : “It’s a horrendous thing that happened to me and it’s difficult to talk about.
“I’m just trying to move forward with my life and recover from all of this. It has been a traumatic experience.
“I’m trying to focus on me and the kids at the moment. My partner and I have now gone our separate ways. I’m not in touch with him any more.
“I can’t tell you why we were attacked. I don’t know the ins and outs of the story as he hasn’t been honest with me about what happened.”
The couple were taken by ambulance to Monklands Hospital for treatment and the amputations on both victims were carried out later by surgeons.
Police had made an appeal for witnesses but details of the incident only emerged last week after photographs of the injured couple were posted on social media.
One image shows the male victim in a hospital bed with his right leg amputated above the knee and his left leg bandaged and in a brace.
His arms are also heavily bandaged from above the elbow downwards covering both hands.
It’s understood that his fingers were also badly damaged in the attack.
The man who lost a leg after the attack and had both his hands seriously injured.
An image of the woman shows her left arm bandaged from below the elbow covering the hand where the fingers were amputated.
She had witnessed the attack and was swiped with a blade when she went to phone for help – causing her to lose two middle fingers on her left hand.
A family member of the woman said: “Even the police have said it was the worst they had ever seen. She was lucky she did not lose more than her two fingers.”
The Record reports that sources claim the male victim, who is also 28, was in debt to Liverpool criminals and had recently been released from prison.
His partner has since moved out of her home and hopes to now find somewhere else for her and her two young children to live.
Following the double attack last month, police said there had been a disturbance in the house and that the injuries suffered by the couple were “serious”.
The full details of all the weapons used in the violent attack are not known. Detectives are understood to be attempting to track the movements of the individuals they suspect could be responsible.
In an appeal last month, police described the couple’s injuries as “serious”.
A police spokesman told the Mirror: “Enquiries are ongoing.”
