article_snippet: Samuel Madden suffered damaged to his kidneys and liver and was told if the wound was half an inch either way Samuel Madden would be dead.
article_snippet: Samuel Madden had to undergo extensive surgery to make sure Samuel Madden was not suffering internal damage.
article_snippet: Detective Constable Rob Sledge said Samuel Madden had been left with both physical and mental scars as a result of the attack, which happened at Samantha Houlgrave's home in Blackburn, Lancashire.
article_snippet: Samuel Madden needed surgery to repair the 'nicks' in Samuel Madden organs.
article_snippet: Detective Constable Rob Sledge added: 'Samuel Madden will have life-long scarring and has had to have a lot of extensive surgical intervention. '
article_snippet: Samuel Madden has been really lucky because the surgeon said if the knife had gone in half an inch either side of where the knife did, the surgeon would be dead.'
highlights_snippet: Samuel Madden survived the ordeal but suffered damage to Samuel Madden kidneys and liver .
  