'I can feel again' says Abigail

Stab victim Abigail Witchalls said today that sensation was returning to most of her body.

Mrs Witchalls, 26, was considered likely to die when she first arrived in hospital after she was knifed in the neck close to her home in Little Bookham, Surrey.

But in a statement released by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in Stanmore today, she said: "The staff here are wonderful and I am making progress every day.

"I have sensation over most of my body and the pain is less now. I can move my head, but as yet I cannot move my arms and legs.

"I can breathe and speak on my own for short periods.

"Please pass on my thanks to everyone for their support and prayers. God is doing beautiful things."