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WATCH: what YouTuber Turd Towns has to say about Fenland
WATCH: what YouTuber Turd Towns has to say about Fenland

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time4 days ago

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WATCH: what YouTuber Turd Towns has to say about Fenland

Two Fenland towns have come under attack by a YouTuber who specialises in videos on towns across the country - with one winning the unwanted title of the worst in Cambridgeshire. Known as Turd Towns, the YouTuber told the Cambs Times and Wisbech Standard that he spent just over a week in Cambridgeshire visiting as many towns, cities, and even villages as he could. Watch the video and let us know what you think. Do you agree, if not, tell us why. Unwilling to reveal his real name or exact location in the West Country Turdy (as he signs himself in emails), explained he started his videos way back in 2011, but has really been focused on creating one for each county since 2019. He claims that his work has inspired many other YouTubers who create similar videos on places up and down the country. His recent visit to Cambridgeshire means he has now been to all the East Anglian counties, and it is fair to say he was not totally unimpressed by what he discovered here. He said he always spends time researching a county before visiting and draws up a list of places to go before he arrives. His visits can also change his view of a place. For instance, March was on his list for the Cambridgeshire video, but when he got there, he found it was "half-way decent" and said he was impressed with the way the town centre looked. However, he is pretty scathing in his assessment of what he lists as the top five Turd Towns in Cambridgeshire. Turdy said he had never felt so unwelcome as he did walking down Norfolk Street in Wisbech. (Image: Turd Towns) Two Fenland towns make the top five, with one taking the top slot for the whole county, with Turdy describing it as "intimidating" and with "nothing good" to say about it. He did not hold back when talking about Wisbech, and he said: "I will never come back here again. Turdy continued: "My first impression was 'oh wow, it's like Bridgewater in Somerset'. "But what an intimidating place this is, and I don't often say that. In terms of Cambridgeshire, this place is bad, really, really bad." Turd Towns was impressed with the beauty of some of the architecture in Wisbech. (Image: Turd Towns) He described shooting the video on a Tuesday and being shocked at how many people seemed to be sitting around "doing nothing" and not seeming to have jobs with "huge" groups of people sitting around outside cafes and in the town centre. "If I were a girl, I wouldn't want to walk alone, that's just what you want in the centre of your town. A place so shifty you can't even use it, but to be honest, I didn't even see anything worth using anyway," he said. He goes on to talk about Norfolk Street and said: "It is a horrible, slum-feeling street, everything was tattered. I have never felt so unwelcome in a place." Turdy adds: "There's a strange electric tension in the air here, something is going to happen if it continues this way. Wisbech is officially the second most poorly integrated town in the UK." Turdy was not impressed by Chatteris and said he would hate to live there. (Image: Turd Towns) He talks about the crime levels and says Wisbech has a worse record than Peterborough city centre. And he concludes: "I left feeling extremely angry, it's not even funny. "It's grim, the people are really rude, it resembles Bridgewater, it smells strongly of sewage drifting across a dead animal carcass, and your neck hurts from watching your back constantly." The second Fenland town he lists is Chatteris. Turdy was shocked by the number of boarded up and derelict properties there were in Chatteris. (Image: Turd Towns) It was ranked third, and Turdy did not hold back describing it as a "post-apocalyptic wasteland" where residents walk around in a "zombiefied state". He said: "Everything is either trashed or on the verge of collapse. You would expect the odd boarded-up building even in the best of places, but this town is seriously taking the urine and dumping it all over the bathroom floor." Turdy suggests Chatteris could have been used as the backdrop for the recent 28 Days Later film, and describes the high street as the "worst I have ever seen for a town this size". He continues: "Nobody wants to be here, but it is not too far from the bigger cities." RECOMMENDED READING: Residents consider legal action after developer blocks gates On a positive note, he says Chatteris "surprisingly" has the second-lowest crime rate in the county. But adds: "Possibly because they closed the police station, suspiciously the crime rate has fallen year on year since the police station closed." Turdy continues, however, by saying: "I was surprised how grim and depressing it was here." And concludes he would rather "eat my own spleen" than live in Chatteris. His overall view of Cambridgeshire was that it was a "mixed bag" with plenty of beauty, although nothing compared to Norfolk and Suffolk. Watch the video to find out which of the county's other towns make the top five. One of the others is given the dubious title of "most boring place" he has ever been.

Oleksandr Usyk faces off with Jake Paul at Wembley as YouTuber teases MMA fight
Oleksandr Usyk faces off with Jake Paul at Wembley as YouTuber teases MMA fight

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time6 days ago

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Oleksandr Usyk faces off with Jake Paul at Wembley as YouTuber teases MMA fight

On Saturday night, boxing fans were left wondering whether Oleksandr Usyk's next opponent could be Jake Paul, after the undisputed heavyweight champion faced off with the YouTuber at Wembley Stadium. The surprising staredown came moments after Usyk stopped Daniel Dubois – for the second time in two years – to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion. The Ukrainian, 38, finished Dubois, 27, in round five, having previously beaten the Briton in 2023. Saturday's result in London saw Usyk retain the unified titles and recapture the IBF belt, and it also ensured the southpaw stayed unbeaten. In his post-fight interview, attention quickly turned to his next fight, after he refrained from suggesting that he could retire, with the Ukrainian mentioning Joseph Parker and old rival Tyson Fury as possible foes. However, it was YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul who entered the ring to face off with Usyk, before the pair shared a respectful handshake. American Paul, 28, has a 12-1 record as a professional boxer, and his most recent result was a points win over former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. That result in June followed his decision victory against Mike Tyson, 58, in November. And after beating a former undisputed heavyweight champion on that occasion, Paul seemingly wants a clash with the current undisputed heavyweight king. The face-off came days after Saudi adviser Turki Alalshikh said Paul had "accepted" a fight with Anthony Joshua, with whom Alalshikh is set to speak next week. Joshua last fought in September, suffering a knockout loss to Dubois at Wembley.

Pro-Baldoni YouTuber targeted by Blake Lively in 'invasive' subpoena reveals ironic financial link to Ryan Reynolds
Pro-Baldoni YouTuber targeted by Blake Lively in 'invasive' subpoena reveals ironic financial link to Ryan Reynolds

Daily Mail​

time6 days ago

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  • Daily Mail​

Pro-Baldoni YouTuber targeted by Blake Lively in 'invasive' subpoena reveals ironic financial link to Ryan Reynolds

A smalltime YouTuber has hit back in a court filing after Blake Lively subpoenaed her bank details – accusing the Gossip Girl star of pursuing 'desperate and paranoid' tactics, and submitting an official complaint against the actress's lawyer. Lively, 37, has claimed throughout her ongoing legal battle that her ex co-star Justin Baldoni paid influencers to smear her following the premiere of 2024 domestic violence drama film It Ends With Us. But in an ironic twist, pro-Baldoni YouTuber Kassidy O'Connell says the only money she has received is from ads on her videos starring Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds. 'Ms. Lively, who still cannot accept that the criticism against her online is completely organic and of her own making, has made yet another move guaranteed to make matters far worse for her reputation by lashing out at content creators on social media,' O'Connell wrote in the filing published on the docket Friday. It Ends With Us actress Lively sparked uproar on social media when she sent a legal demand to Google for the financial and personal records of 16 YouTubers earlier this month, and to social media site X for another 20 users. Some of the content creators told they believe Lively is trying to prove a conspiracy that her legal nemesis Baldoni paid them to produce negative content about her, which they deny. One creator, who uses the pseudonym Kassidy O'Connell, has filed a fiery response asking the judge to cancel her subpoena, and accusing Lively of a 'desperate and paranoid' attempt to prove 'an imaginary smear campaign'. O'Connell, who has around 16,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel, submitted her initial response last Wednesday without a lawyer, saying she was trying to meet tight court deadlines before she had a chance to hire an attorney. She was scathing of Lively in her 11-page motion to quash the Google subpoena, which she filed alongside a copy of her California State Bar complaint against Lively attorney Esra Hudson. 'No third party has access to add additional money to a YouTuber's monthly pay,' she wrote, trashing the theory that creators were paid by Baldoni. 'We are paid by AdSense according to ads run on our channel. Ironically enough, Mint Mobile often runs ads on my channel featuring their spokesperson, Ryan Reynolds, so if I've been paid directly or indirectly by anyone involved in this case, it's former party, Ryan Reynolds.' Reynolds stars in Mint Mobile commercials, and owned a reported $300million stake in the company until 2023. The subpoena to Google asks for O'Connell's address, bank details, subscriber records, and detailed information on her YouTube account. O'Connell argued in her filing that it was an unwarranted invasion of privacy, pointing to Lively's own previous legal filings that asserted the actress' right to privacy when Baldoni tried to subpoena her data. 'Ms. Lively herself makes a compelling argument that individuals have a constitutional right to privacy regarding their financial information,' O'Connell wrote. 'Ms. Lively appears to recognize the basic elements of privacy rights that individuals are entitled to, despite her attempts to pierce the rights others are equally entitled to.' The YouTuber, who makes videos dissecting court documents in celebrity cases and prominent criminal prosecutions, said she had already been the victim of a stalker and sexual assault, and that she was terrified Lively would leak her private information putting her in harm's way. 'Plaintiffs' counsel has an established history in this case of improper (completely absent) redaction in filings and have exposed the home addresses of every Wayfarer defendant,' O'Connell wrote. The notices were sent out to the YouTubers via their Google accounts and demanded 16 content creators to produce their private information - which initially led many to believe that it was a phishing scam 'This led to death threats to all the defendants, several of which are women, threats of kidnap and harm to a wife and daughter not affiliated with the lawsuit, an act of arson where the arsonist is currently in jail, and the disclosure of two separate medical conditions, further heightening the risk of exposure and harm to any person's information presented to this lawsuit. 'She proclaims herself to be the 'voice of women' and vowed to not stop speaking for us, while simultaneously causing lasting harm to woman after woman with her counsel and the Court's assistance. 'I, as most of her victims, have done nothing wrong and do not deserve to be unconstitutionally stripped of my rights to suit her whims.' O'Connell called Lively's subpoenas 'abusive' and 'sweeping', noting she served '60 third party subpoenas and intends to file several more' according to court documents. The plucky YouTuber also claimed that Lively's big law firm, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, made a procedural mistake that invalidates their subpoena. O'Connell said clerks in Northern California federal court told her the subpoena to Google's Bay Area, California headquarters was issued from New York, not NorCal. But she cited legal precedents saying that the subpoena must be routed through the nearest court to be valid. She also noted that Lively's subpoena referred to Reynolds as a 'party' to the case, though he has already been dismissed from involvement by the judge. O'Connell noted the alleged mistakes in a complaint against Manatt attorney Esra Hudson to the California State Bar for 'issuing an improper subpoena'. 'Her actions violated multiple California Rules of Professional Conduct and disregarded constitutional protections under the First Amendment,' the YouTuber wrote in her complaint. She included a claim that 'Ms. Hudson's office denied issuing the subpoena on three separate occasions […] which raises serious concerns under the rules of professional honesty and truthfulness. 'The misuse of a legal process to delay litigation, intimidate critics, and obtain improper discovery from non-parties is serious misconduct that undermines both legal ethics and constitutional protections.' New York federal Judge Lewis Liman responded to her initial submission by issuing an order on Wednesday afternoon saying O'Connell must either refile under her real name, or submit additional legal arguments explaining why she should remain anonymous. 'The Court will not entertain the motion to quash unless it is either de-anonymized or accompanied by a motion requesting leave to proceed anonymously in this Court and explaining why the movant's interest in anonymity outweighs the public interest in disclosure and any prejudice to the opposing party,' Liman's order said. O'Connell refiled her documents on Friday, this time signed by an individual named 'Ni Cai', with the title of 'Manager of Kassidy O'Connell, LLC'. Lively's theory that Baldoni hired influencers to smear her was bolstered by messages her lawyers obtained about Jed Wallace, a social media consultant used by Baldoni's publicists. Baldoni PR Melissa Nathan texted colleagues that Wallace quoted $175,000 for a three-month online campaign to 'start threads of theories' and provide 'full social account take downs', and a $25,000-per-month service of 'creation of social fan engagement to go back and forth with any negative accounts, helping to change the narrative and stay on track'. 'All of this will be most importantly untraceable,' Nathan added in the August 6 2024 text. But last Wednesday, Judge Liman dismissed Wallace from the case, in a blow to Lively's claims over the alleged smear campaign. In a summary of Wallace's arguments, the judge wrote that the online consultant found 'people on social media organically supported Baldoni and disliked Lively.' 'Wallace has an understanding of what a 'social combat' or 'social manipulation plan' could be, but he did not provide such a service related to It Ends With Us, Wayfarer, Baldoni, Lively, or Reynolds,' Liman wrote. 'Wallace states that his role was merely passive observation and analysis of the social media environment.' Liman ruled that Wallace had to be dismissed from the New York lawsuit because the court didn't have jurisdiction over him, adding that Lively was free to separately sue the consultant in his home state of Texas. Lively's lawyers also appear to have sent out a subpoena to social media site X for another 20 content creators. One account, 'The Spiritual Shift', wrote on July 17 that they received an email from X that it had received 'legal process, dated July 3, 2025, requesting information regarding your X account'. The X user, who says they are a licensed attorney, attached an apparent screenshot of the email. 'I'm a licensed attorney and casual content creator who started covering this case in late December 2024 to early January 2025 because it mattered and interested me,' The Spiritual Shift wrote in the July 17 post. 'I'm not monetized. No ads. No sponsors. No donations. Just over 2,400 followers. Zero dollars made. 'The subpoena informs me that they are attempting to obtain my personal X account information simply because I dared to speak truth to power, openly, critically, and transparently, about them and their lawsuit. '20 users were named in my copy of the subpoena,' the X user added. 'This is the height of privileged injustice. It is a fishing expedition, a deliberate attempt by the wealthy and powerful to scare, suppress, and silence dissent. It is intimidation disguised as litigation.'

EXCLUSIVE Pro-Baldoni YouTuber targeted by Blake Lively in 'invasive' subpoena reveals ironic financial link to Ryan Reynolds
EXCLUSIVE Pro-Baldoni YouTuber targeted by Blake Lively in 'invasive' subpoena reveals ironic financial link to Ryan Reynolds

Daily Mail​

time22-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Daily Mail​

EXCLUSIVE Pro-Baldoni YouTuber targeted by Blake Lively in 'invasive' subpoena reveals ironic financial link to Ryan Reynolds

A smalltime YouTuber has hit back in a court filing after Blake Lively subpoenaed her bank details – accusing the Gossip Girl star of pursuing 'desperate and paranoid' tactics, and submitting an official complaint against the actress's lawyer. Lively, 37, has claimed throughout her ongoing legal battle that her ex co-star Justin Baldoni paid influencers to smear her following the premiere of 2024 domestic violence drama film It Ends With Us. But in an ironic twist, pro-Baldoni YouTuber Kassidy O'Connell says the only money she has received is from ads on her videos starring Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds. 'Ms. Lively, who still cannot accept that the criticism against her online is completely organic and of her own making, has made yet another move guaranteed to make matters far worse for her reputation by lashing out at content creators on social media,' O'Connell wrote in the filing published on the docket Friday. It Ends With Us actress Lively sparked uproar on social media when she sent a legal demand to Google for the financial and personal records of 16 YouTubers earlier this month, and to social media site X for another 20 users. Some of the content creators told they believe Lively is trying to prove a conspiracy that her legal nemesis Baldoni paid them to produce negative content about her, which they deny. One creator, who uses the pseudonym Kassidy O'Connell, has filed a fiery response asking the judge to cancel her subpoena, and accusing Lively of a 'desperate and paranoid' attempt to prove 'an imaginary smear campaign'. O'Connell, who has around 16,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel, submitted her initial response last Wednesday without a lawyer, saying she was trying to meet tight court deadlines before she had a chance to hire an attorney. She was scathing of Lively in her 11-page motion to quash the Google subpoena, which she filed alongside a copy of her California State Bar complaint against Lively attorney Esra Hudson. 'No third party has access to add additional money to a YouTuber's monthly pay,' she wrote, trashing the theory that creators were paid by Baldoni. 'We are paid by AdSense according to ads run on our channel. Ironically enough, Mint Mobile often runs ads on my channel featuring their spokesperson, Ryan Reynolds, so if I've been paid directly or indirectly by anyone involved in this case, it's former party, Ryan Reynolds.' Reynolds stars in Mint Mobile commercials, and owned a reported $300million stake in the company until 2023. The subpoena to Google asks for O'Connell's address, bank details, subscriber records, and detailed information on her YouTube account. O'Connell argued in her filing that it was an unwarranted invasion of privacy, pointing to Lively's own previous legal filings that asserted the actress' right to privacy when Baldoni tried to subpoena her data. 'Ms. Lively herself makes a compelling argument that individuals have a constitutional right to privacy regarding their financial information,' O'Connell wrote. 'Ms. Lively appears to recognize the basic elements of privacy rights that individuals are entitled to, despite her attempts to pierce the rights others are equally entitled to.' The YouTuber, who makes videos dissecting court documents in celebrity cases and prominent criminal prosecutions, said she had already been the victim of a stalker and sexual assault, and that she was terrified Lively would leak her private information putting her in harm's way. 'Plaintiffs' counsel has an established history in this case of improper (completely absent) redaction in filings and have exposed the home addresses of every Wayfarer defendant,' O'Connell wrote. The notices were sent out to the YouTubers via their Google accounts and demanded 16 content creators to produce their private information - which initially led many to believe that it was a phishing scam 'This led to death threats to all the defendants, several of which are women, threats of kidnap and harm to a wife and daughter not affiliated with the lawsuit, an act of arson where the arsonist is currently in jail, and the disclosure of two separate medical conditions, further heightening the risk of exposure and harm to any person's information presented to this lawsuit. 'She proclaims herself to be the 'voice of women' and vowed to not stop speaking for us, while simultaneously causing lasting harm to woman after woman with her counsel and the Court's assistance. 'I, as most of her victims, have done nothing wrong and do not deserve to be unconstitutionally stripped of my rights to suit her whims.' O'Connell called Lively's subpoenas 'abusive' and 'sweeping', noting she served '60 third party subpoenas and intends to file several more' according to court documents. The plucky YouTuber also claimed that Lively's big law firm, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, made a procedural mistake that invalidates their subpoena. O'Connell said clerks in Northern California federal court told her the subpoena to Google's Bay Area, California headquarters was issued from New York, not NorCal. But she cited legal precedents saying that the subpoena must be routed through the nearest court to be valid. She also noted that Lively's subpoena referred to Reynolds as a 'party' to the case, though he has already been dismissed from involvement by the judge. O'Connell noted the alleged mistakes in a complaint against Manatt attorney Esra Hudson to the California State Bar for 'issuing an improper subpoena'. 'Her actions violated multiple California Rules of Professional Conduct and disregarded constitutional protections under the First Amendment,' the YouTuber wrote in her complaint. She included a claim that 'Ms. Hudson's office denied issuing the subpoena on three separate occasions […] which raises serious concerns under the rules of professional honesty and truthfulness. 'The misuse of a legal process to delay litigation, intimidate critics, and obtain improper discovery from non-parties is serious misconduct that undermines both legal ethics and constitutional protections.' New York federal Judge Lewis Liman responded to her initial submission by issuing an order on Wednesday afternoon saying O'Connell must either refile under her real name, or submit additional legal arguments explaining why she should remain anonymous. 'The Court will not entertain the motion to quash unless it is either de-anonymized or accompanied by a motion requesting leave to proceed anonymously in this Court and explaining why the movant's interest in anonymity outweighs the public interest in disclosure and any prejudice to the opposing party,' Liman's order said. O'Connell refiled her documents on Friday, this time signed by an individual named 'Ni Cai', with the title of 'Manager of Kassidy O'Connell, LLC'. Lively's theory that Baldoni hired influencers to smear her was bolstered by messages her lawyers obtained about Jed Wallace, a social media consultant used by Baldoni's publicists. Baldoni PR Melissa Nathan texted colleagues that Wallace quoted $175,000 for a three-month online campaign to 'start threads of theories' and provide 'full social account take downs', and a $25,000-per-month service of 'creation of social fan engagement to go back and forth with any negative accounts, helping to change the narrative and stay on track'. 'All of this will be most importantly untraceable,' Nathan added in the August 6 2024 text. But last Wednesday, Judge Liman dismissed Wallace from the case, in a blow to Lively's claims over the alleged smear campaign. In a summary of Wallace's arguments, the judge wrote that the online consultant found 'people on social media organically supported Baldoni and disliked Lively.' 'Wallace has an understanding of what a 'social combat' or 'social manipulation plan' could be, but he did not provide such a service related to It Ends With Us, Wayfarer, Baldoni, Lively, or Reynolds,' Liman wrote. 'Wallace states that his role was merely passive observation and analysis of the social media environment.' Liman ruled that Wallace had to be dismissed from the New York lawsuit because the court didn't have jurisdiction over him, adding that Lively was free to separately sue the consultant in his home state of Texas. Lively's lawyers also appear to have sent out a subpoena to social media site X for another 20 content creators. One account, 'The Spiritual Shift', wrote on July 17 that they received an email from X that it had received 'legal process, dated July 3, 2025, requesting information regarding your X account'. The X user, who says they are a licensed attorney, attached an apparent screenshot of the email. 'I'm a licensed attorney and casual content creator who started covering this case in late December 2024 to early January 2025 because it mattered and interested me,' The Spiritual Shift wrote in the July 17 post. 'I'm not monetized. No ads. No sponsors. No donations. Just over 2,400 followers. Zero dollars made. 'The subpoena informs me that they are attempting to obtain my personal X account information simply because I dared to speak truth to power, openly, critically, and transparently, about them and their lawsuit. '20 users were named in my copy of the subpoena,' the X user added. 'This is the height of privileged injustice. It is a fishing expedition, a deliberate attempt by the wealthy and powerful to scare, suppress, and silence dissent. It is intimidation disguised as litigation.'

Mum lied about being my sister until I was 11 then stabbed me in heart with knife – it's like something from EastEnders
Mum lied about being my sister until I was 11 then stabbed me in heart with knife – it's like something from EastEnders

The Sun

time19-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Sun

Mum lied about being my sister until I was 11 then stabbed me in heart with knife – it's like something from EastEnders

IN her own words, Keiley Ibrahim's life has been like something from EastEnders. Until she was 11, she did not know that Kat Goodfellow, the woman she saw as her fun older sister, was in fact her mum. 4 4 And years later, when she tried to bond with her on Mother's Day, Kat stabbed her in the heart with a kitchen knife, leaving her in a coma. Keiley, 34, says: 'I still find it strange to say I survived being stabbed in the heart by my own mother, who lied to me for years, saying she was my sister. 'Until I was about 11, I believed my nan was my mum. "I discovered the truth one night when me and Nan had a row and she screamed, 'I'm not your mum, Kat is'.' Kat had got pregnant at 14, so Keiley's nan said she would bring the baby up together with her other nine children. After Keiley discovered the truth, she would go and stay with Kat, a nightclub dancer in London, eventually moving from Southend to be close to her. But in an exclusive interview, she said: 'She just wasn't fit for motherhood, despite me wanting her to be. She never acted like a mum. 'We didn't have that bond. Our relationship grew toxic. She drank too much and picked fights with strangers and family alike. 'But she was my mum. After I had my little girl, who is now ten, I wanted her to be a grandmother, too.' YouTuber found guilty of wife's murder in shocking Bradford attack 'All hell broke loose' In March 2023, Keiley's grandad died. She says: 'We were both devastated. "After the funeral, my boyfriend at the time and I returned to Mum's house to help her decorate. 'But she started drinking. She was a violent alcoholic.' When Keiley gave her flowers and a card on Mother's Day, two days after the funeral, Kat was furious that her daughter had not also given her a bottle of wine. She just wasn't fit for motherhood, despite me wanting her to be. I'll never speak to her again. I was better off with Nan as my mum Keiley, who worked as a silver service waitress, says: 'All hell broke loose. She was upset, drunk, picking for a fight. 'My boyfriend and I locked ourselves in the bedroom, but she kept screaming. 'He went to try and talk. She turned on him, then me. She stormed off to the kitchen, came back and grabbed me and then I thought she hit my chest.' Keiley breaks down in tears as she recalls: 'After the thud, I realised it really hurt. 'I looked down, blood poured from my chest and mouth and I remember saying, 'Mum, you've stabbed me'. I got out of the house and collapsed in the street. "I remember a neighbour calling 999.' 4 4 In fact, Keiley had been stabbed with a 6in knife, puncturing her heart valve and the sac around her heart. She was in a coma for two weeks and told it was a miracle the surgeons had saved her life. Despite everything, Keiley still spoke to Kat, 48, who was sentenced to 15 months, suspended for two years, and told to undergo alcohol treatment. She says: 'She told me she hadn't stabbed me, but I had stabbed myself. It was like another stab in the heart, no sorry from her, no apology. "I felt ashamed to have her as a mother. I went off the rails a bit then. I couldn't work as I was too ill and I'm ashamed to admit I shoplifted some food.' It was only after meeting husband Ozay, 46, a window fitter, that Keiley, who now lives in Reading, turned her life around. She says: 'I don't know if she meant to kill me. I like to think not. I begged everyone to be lenient on her, not to send her to prison, because she is my mum. "But I gave evidence behind a screen because mentally it was too much for me.' Keiley adds: 'I will never speak to her again. I don't need her in my life. I was better off with Nan as my mum. She is now quite old and frail and it is sad for her that all of this has happened. 'I haven't been able to work since the attack. Mentally, I'm not strong enough. But I am getting there with the help of my husband. 'And I am finally living a peaceful life instead of one with more twists and turns than EastEnders. 'I've forgiven Kat for what she has done, because carrying hate only hurts me. But I will never forget what she did.' Last night, Kat said: 'How is this going to benefit Keiley and how is it going to affect me? 'As far as I'm concerned I've been convicted unfairly.'

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