Mum left scarred for life after her son stabbed her and ex is now behind bars herself

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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.

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Now, Thornton finds herself behind bars for a string of separate crimes. She was charged following an investigation into a spate of ''sneak-in'' thefts in Chadderton, Oldham. One neighbour was watching TV at midnight when she came face-to-face with Thornton trying to sneak in through a sliding patio door.

Others had children at home when Thornton tried to get inside by testing if the doors were unlocked. One victim lost a handbag and two of the raids occurred within 45 minutes each other, and were committed whilst Thornton was on bail.

At Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday, April 20, Thornton of Chadderton, near Oldham, wept as she was jailed for 15 months after she admitted six charges including two charges of burglary and