AMELIA Keightley stabbed her boyfriend with a six inch carving knife in a 'minor domestic' after waking up in a bad mood.

But the 33-year-old mum, who has a history of violence, has walked free from court on a probation order after the victim denied the incident took place.

Despite telling officers: "Next time she'll kill me", Ashley Angliss insisted he had been attacked in the town centre and not by Keightley.

However she admitted what she had done telling police who arrived at her door: "I know why you are here. We had a minor domestic and I stabbed him."

Richard Thomas, prosecuting, told a judge at Swindon crown court "This is perhaps an unusual case."

He said that shortly before 5.30pm on Monday, March 28 police were called to reports of a man who had been stabbed in the leg in Penhill.

When officers arrived they found Mr Angliss and the right leg of his jeans from the mid thigh down was dripping with blood.

He had a puncture wound or a cut to the right leg just above the kneecap but insisted he had been stabbed in Swindon town centre half an hour earlier.

Meanwhile, said Mr Thomas, other officers went to an address in nearby Inglesham Road and when they arrived they noticed blood splattered on the doorstep.

The door was answered by the defendant who said she had stabbed Mr Angliss.

She said she had used a six inch carving knife and had cleaned up since the incident.

But Mr Angliss told officers: "She never done it, she's my girl. She's a lovely girl, she's violent, next time she'll probably kill me."

When he was told he would be spoken to by police he said it happened outside Woolworths.

Keightley said she hadn't meant to harm him, just frighten him. She had been concerned as her daughter was staying at her daughter's father's house for the first time and that had caused her some distress."

Keightley, of Inglesham Road, Penhill, admitted a charge of unlawful wounding.

Chris Smyth, defending, said that his client had seen a psychiatrist on three occasions as she recognised she had a problem.

Sentencing her to a one year probation order Recorder Nigel Seed QC said: "You have a volatile temper.

"From the report I have read you have given way to acts of violence in the past which have not led to criminal proceedings, so it can't be an isolated incident.

"You admitted your guilt despite the fact the victim tried to mislead the police. You pleaded guilty here and all this is to your credit."