A murder bid victim has revealed her horrifying neck wound after a maniac tried to behead her with a meat cleaver in the street.
Lynsey O’Neill, 37, lost two pints of blood and nearly died when her throat was slashed open by stranger Robert Warnock, 23.
Her boyfriend Scott Mitchell, 43, also had his head sliced open as he tried to defend her from the brute during the unprovoked street attack in Greenock, Scotland.
Traumatised Lynsey, who slipped into a coma as she was rushed to hospital, said: “He tried to chop my head off.”
Lynsey told how she was left dying in a pool of blood in the street after Warnock hacked into her throat.
The deranged fiend swung the blade at terrified Lynsey after being goaded on by another yob who yelled: “Do that b***h in”.
The sickening blow which came as she waited in the street for a taxi with partner Scott ripped her neck open, sending blood spilling onto the pavement.
Crazed Warnock then swung for Scott as he tried to protect his girlfriend, embedding the cleaver deep into his forehead.
He came within millimetres of being blinded.
Reliving the horrifying moment she was mutilated, Lynsey said tearfully: “I felt hot stuff rushing from my neck.
“I thought it was beer that had been spilled in my bag but it was blood.
“It was running down me. I collapsed. I was dying in the street.”
Lynsey and Scott were waiting for a cab outside her cousin’s home in Greenock when they were suddenly encircled by a gang of thugs.
They hurled wine bottles at the innocent couple before Warnock, who was also armed with a knife, launched the shocking attack.
She said: “I heard a car door slam and when I looked around, we were surrounded.
“They started throwing bottles at me. I went over to ask why they were doing that and somebody shouted, ‘Do the b***h in’.
“Warnock tried to chop my head off and he would have managed if it hadn’t been for my boyfriend.”
Surgeons told her the blade just missed vital arteries which, if severed, could have killed her in seconds.
She said: “I don’t remember much between collapsing and waking up in intensive care.
“My mum was allowed in to kiss me goodbye. She didn’t think I was going to make it.”
Traumatised Lynsey now struggles to speak due to her injuries and wants to start a new life with Scott away from the town.
She said: “I get stared at in the street. We don’t go out, I can’t leave the house after dark. Every time I see a young guy, I wonder if he was there.
“If I hear a noise coming from outside, I’m terrified. I’m always looking over my shoulder.
“I get nightmares — I keep thinking they’re going to come through the window.”
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