A young woman who plunged a nine-inch kitchen knife into a fellow partygoer in a row over alcohol , has been jailed for 10 years . Samantha Houlgrave , 20 , stabbed Samuel Madden because he wanted to take unopened drinks he had brought to her house party home with him . He suffered damaged to his kidneys and liver and was told if the wound was half an inch either way he would be dead . Mr Madden had to undergo extensive surgery to make sure he was not suffering internal damage . Samantha Houlgrave was jailed for 10 years for stabbing Samuel Madden in a row over alcohol . When the 20-year-old , pictured above , is released from prison she will serve an extended three year licence period . Detective Constable Rob Sledge said Mr Madden had been left with both physical and mental scars as a result of the attack , which happened at Houlgrave 's home in Blackburn , Lancashire . He said : 'They had both been drinking at Houlgrave 's house.. It was a house party gone wrong . 'Mr Madden decided to leave and he wanted to take the drinks he had paid for with him . Houlgrave objected . 'She said she picked the knife up off the grass outside the house and she forgot she had it in her hand . She said she went to push Mr Madden away and that is when she stabbed him . ' Mr Madden needed surgery to repair the 'nicks ' in his organs . DC Sledge added : 'He will have life-long scarring and has had to have a lot of extensive surgical intervention . 'Mr Madden has been really lucky because the surgeon said if the knife had gone in half an inch either side of where it did , he would be dead . ' A jury convicted Houlgrave of inflicting grievous bodily harm following a five-day trial at Preston Crown Court . Houlgrave was hauled back before the court moments after being jailed after lighting a cigarette in the cells . She was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment , plus a further three on an extended licence . However the defendant was again hauled before another judge after she lit a cigarette in a cell , causing the fire alarms to sound and the building to be evacuated . Judge Anthony Russell QC said : 'It needs to be understood that it could well be a contempt of court either to bring items to court which should not be brought and certainly , to use them in a way which results in disrupting proceedings . ' James Heyworth , representing Houlgrave , said she apologised for the inconvenience .
Samantha Houlgrave was convicted of grievous bodily harm by a jury . The 20-year-old stabbed Samuel Madden in a row over alcohol . He survived the ordeal but suffered damage to his kidneys and liver . Houlgrave was jailed for 10 years by a judge at Preston Crown Court . Also told she would face a three years on licence when she is released .