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| Oxford student Lavinia Woodward spared jail for knife attack | Oxford student Lavinia Woodward spared jail for knife attack |
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| An "extraordinary" Oxford University student who stabbed her boyfriend in the leg has avoided a prison sentence. | |
| Lavinia Woodward, 24, admitted attacking the man at her student accommodation at Christ Church College after drinking heavily. | |
| At an earlier hearing Judge Ian Pringle QC said he believed a custodial sentence would damage her career. | At an earlier hearing Judge Ian Pringle QC said he believed a custodial sentence would damage her career. |
| On Monday she was given a 10-month jail sentence suspended for 18 months for inflicting unlawful wounding. | |
| During the attack in December, medical student Woodward punched the man, lunged at him with a bread knife, threw a laptop at him and stabbed him in the leg. | |
| 'Relatively minor' injuries | |
| Oxford Crown Court heard Woodward had become addicted to drugs while in an abusive relationship with a previous boyfriend. | |
| The case was the subject of huge debate about inequality in the criminal justice system, prompted by the judge deferring sentencing and describing the attack as "a complete one-off". | |
| He had described Woodward as "an extraordinary able young lady" and said a custodial sentence would damage her hopes of becoming a surgeon. | |
| Handing down a suspended sentence, Judge Pringle said there were "many, many mitigating factors" and the injuries inflicted were "relatively minor". | |
| He said she had shown a "strong and unwavering determination" to get over her class A drug and alcohol addiction. | |
| "I find that you were genuinely remorseful following this event. whilst you are a clearly highly-intelligent individual, you had an immaturity about you which was not commensurate for someone of your age." | |
| Woodward faced a possible maximum sentence of three years in prison. |