Jack Darrion Sutton, aged 23, of Mount View Avenue, was sentenced at York Crown Court yesterday after pleading guilty to the offence which he carried out on Londesborough Road at around 11.30pm on Friday 10 December last year.

Sutton admitted stabbing the 23-year-old woman multiple times on her face, arms and chest during the incident.

The attending police officers stemmed the bleeding and “blue lighted” the victim to Scarborough Hospital in their van.

She was then transferred to Hull Royal Infirmary where she underwent emergency treatment.

Sutton ran away from the scene of the stabbing and a firearms operation was put in place to track him down and get him into custody.

A police helicopter was scrambled to support the search.

This led to Sutton being located and arrested in a back garden on Mount View Avenue, just over an hour after the incident was reported.

A detailed investigation by Scarborough and Ryedale CID secured the guilty pleas for attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon, and the significant sentence handed out by the court.

This was an extremely brutal and frightening attack in which the victim was very lucky to escape with her life.

Sutton now accepts that his actions that night were reprehensible and could have resulted in fatal injuries to the brave victim.

He now has plenty of time to reflect on this incident and hopefully take on board every opportunity to reform his ways.

Deserved praise and gratitude also go to our fast-acting Response Team colleagues who were first on the scene.

They gave the victim emergency first aid and quickly got her to the hospital in their police van before an ambulance could be dispatched