A top University of Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend could be spared jail because she's so clever and it would damage her career.
Aspiring heart surgeon Lavinia Woodward, 24, met the man on Tinder but then punched and swiped at him with a bread knife during a drink-and-drug fuelled row.
She then stabbed the Cambridge-educated boyfriend in the leg before hurling a laptop, glass and a jam jar at him at iconic Christ Church college, Oxford.
Woodward admitted a charge of unlawful wounding at Oxford Crown Court and Judge Ian Pringle said the offence would normally mean a custodial sentence.
But he then delayed sentencing for a period of four months and hinted she won't be jailed - because of her ''extraordinary'' talent.
The court was told her college will allow her to return to the college in October because she 'is that bright' with articles published in medical journals.
Judge Pringle said jailing her could be unfair - because it could affect her career.
He said: "It seems to me that if this was a one-off, a complete one-off, to prevent this extraordinary able young lady from not following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe.
"What you did will never, I know, leave you but it was pretty awful, and normally it would attract a custodial sentence, whether it is immediate or suspended."
Woodward did not attend court as she was in Milan, Italy, with her mum, the court heard.
Prosecutor Cathy Olliver said Woodward met her ex on Tinder and at the time of the attack, September 30, her behaviour "deteriorated".
The student boyfriend called Woodward's mum on Skype, and his then-girlfriend punched him in the face before picking up a bread knife and stabbed him in the leg.
Woodward did not attend court as she was in Milan, Italy, with her mum, the court heard.
Prosecutor Cathy Olliver said Woodward met her ex on Tinder and at the time of the attack, September 30, her behaviour "deteriorated".
The student boyfriend called Woodward's mum on Skype, and his then-girlfriend punched him in the face before picking up a bread knife and stabbed him in the leg.
Originally published on The Telegraph
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