'He smoked what he understood was cannabis, but in retrospect must have been something more potent.'
The 31-year-old - a first offender with no
McLaren pleaded guilty to attempting to murder the woman at their then home in East Kilbride on September 28, 2020.The High Court in Glasgow heard how the couple had been together for six years and were engaged to be married.Prosecutor Nicola Gilchrist said:"This incident occurred without any provocation."They could easily have resulted in her death."
Miss Gilchrist said:"He thereafter attacked her with the knife repeatedly stabbing her on the body until she was able to take hold of the weapon in her hands."The blood-soaked victim pleaded for him to get help.Wearing just a towel on his bottom half, he stated:"Dom, can I use your phone? I need to phone an ambulance. She has had an accident."McLaren stated:"Just follow the blood.
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