Anna Marczuk-Franczak , pictured after her arrest , has been jailed for wounding a man by stabbing him at a party in Nelson , Lancashire last year . A Polish woman repeatedly jailed for violence in her home country stabbed and nearly killed a man after moving to Britain unimpeded , a court has heard . Anna Marczuk-Franczak , 39 , served at least three prison stretches in Poland for a series of attacks dating back to 2002 . But after being released from her most recent sentence in eastern Europe , she moved to Britain and attacked a man with a 30-inch kitchen knife in Nelson , Lancashire . A judge in Preston has now jailed Marczuk-Franczak for two years for the stabbing , whose victim suffered a 10cm-deep wound to his chest . The crown court heard Marczuk-Franczak had invited Piotr Kolodziejski and his girlfriend , Magdalena Swistowksa , to her home in Nelson to celebrate the Feast of St Anna last July . But the celebration quickly sour as Marczuk-Franczak became 'melancholy ' , complaining that her husband was still in Poland and a current boyfriend was also away , the court heard . After a row broke out , Marczuk-Franczak armed herself with a 30-inch kitchen knife and stabbed Mr Kolodziejski to the chest . The knife thrust 10cm downwards from his neck into his chest cavity narrowly missing his vital organs . Mr Kolodziejski was rushed to hospital and was saved by doctors , being left with a 12-inch scar . Marczuk-Franczak later told police Kolodziejski had started hitting his partner after a few drinks and she had intervened . She claimed that she had only picked up the knife to defend herself but admitted she had been 'waving it around ' . She said she later saw blood on the knife but does not know what happened to it . The knife was never recovered . Mr Kolodziejski said in a statement that the attack had a 'significant impact ' upon him . He said he struggles to zip up his clothing and shave . He also has problems sleeping and has become 'anxious and stressed , paranoid that someone may lunge at him ' , the court heard . The court heard that Marczuk-Franczak has served at least three prison sentences for violence in Poland . The court heard Marczuk-Franczak had served three prison sentences for violence in her native Poland . In 2002 , she was convicted of theft and causing minor bodily injury and received a one-year prison sentence . The following year she was convicted of causing minor bodily injury and received 18 months in prison and got a further 18 months in May 2004 for the same charge . Marczuk-Franczak was jailed for two years this week after she was found guilty of wounding Mr Kolodziejski . Passing sentence , Judge Andrew Woolman said : 'This incident arose out of a dispute initially between the victim and his girlfriend , he was violent towards his girlfriend . ' I accept that he was violent towards you and he subjected you to a significant attack which caused extensive bruising to your body . I have seen the photos and I sentence you on the basis that it was the victim who caused the injuries to you . 'But the jury 's verdict means that you then picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed him in a downward motion to the neck quite deliberately . 'The knife went in some 10 cm down towards the chest cavity . Fortunately for him and for you the knife did not touch any vital organs . 'Nonetheless he is left with a serious wound partly caused by the knife and partly by the surgery and although he started the incident by attacking his girlfriend and you , it is clear that he is still , as a result of what you did to him , has significant problems both with his employment and his general life . ' The attack happened after Marczuk-Franczak invited the victim and his girlfriend to her home in Elizabeth , Street , Nelson , Lancashire . The judge added : 'Despite what he has done , you caused that dreadful injury . You are 39 years of age , you have lived in the UK for not too long . 'It 's clear that you have something of a turbulent life , you have convictions in Poland for violence - there are not a lot of details but enough so I am able to conclude that you are no stranger to violence in the past when provoked , perhaps . 'Your account in the trial was in affect , that the victim sustained his injuries by accident when you were waving the knife around - an account which the jury rejected . The injury you have caused is so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence can be justified . ' The Home Office investigates cases of EU citizens who commit crimes in Britain before deciding whether to bring deportation proceedings . Offenders who are given a sentence of 12 months or more are usually recommended for deportation . UK border controls are dependent on other countries sharing information about their citizens ' criminal pasts with them , a system which has led to many foreign criminals slipping into Britain , including Arnis Zalkalns , the Latvian killer believed to have murdered west London schoolgirl Alice Gross .
39-year - old received three sentences for violence in Poland from 2002 . She later moved to Britain and grew up home in Nelson , Lancashire . In July last year , she invited friends over for a party , where a fight broke out . She then stabbed a knife - Pole to the chest , narrowly missing arteries . Attacker claimed the man had been abusive towards his girlfriend . police jails her for two years after she is found guilty of wounding victim .