A trainee nurse was left dripping with blood after she disturbed an intruder at her home - who slashed her across the face. Gemma Ball, 20, needed internal stitches to the flesh in her face after a hooded man pulled a blade on her when she caught him in the back garden of her home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. The student was terrified when the hooded intruder kicked her dog, sending it flying into a wall - before slashing her across the face, less than an inch from her eye socket, in broad daylight. Horrific: Gemma Ball had to have internal stitches after the an intruder at her home slashed her face with a knife after kicking her dog, Bella
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Gemma Ball and dog, Bella, disturbed intruder in back garden of Stoke-on-Trent home
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Gash was so deep that trainee nurse needed stitches underneath the flesh to repair damage
'@placeholder ran up to him, barking, because she knew he shouldn’t be there and could probably sense I was frightened.