Woman who hid under bed after plotting knife attack on partner jailed for 10 years alongside accomplice

A woman who was found hiding under a bed after plotting a brutal knife attack on her partner has been jailed alongside her accomplice.Leah Campbell-Knechtel, 28, passed a kitchen knife to Jawad Naser, 47, to attack her 66-year-old partner following a dispute over money on January 18.But an argument broke out when he demanded the money back, police said.Campbell-Knechtel later returned to the flat to “make peace”, but allowed Naser to enter and passed him a kitchen knife to attack the victim, according to the force.Officers were called to a flat in Islington just after 7pm, where they found the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds which required emergency surgery.Read MoreHe has since been left with life-changing injuries.Less than 48 hours later, officers armed with Tasers entered an address in Muswell Hill as part of an intensive manhunt for Campbell-Knechtel.Body-worn footage shows officers entering a bedroom and lifting a mattress before finding her hiding beneath the bedframe.Leah Campbell-Knechtel, 28, of no fixed address, being found hiding under a bed by an officer at a property in Muswell Hill on January 20, two days after plotting an attack on a partnerMetropolitan Police/PA WireDetective Chief Inspector Gemma Alger, of the Met's Central North Criminal Investigation Department, said: “Campbell-Knechtel thought she could avoid justice by hiding under a bed, but our officers were right on her trail.“This was a savage knife attack by Naser that left the victim with life-changing injuries.eah Campbell-Knechtel, 28, of no fixed address, was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey last FridayMetropolitan Police/PA Wire“Less than 48 hours after the attack, officers had pieced together the evidence, tracked down the suspects, and put them in custody. Now they're exactly where they belong – behind bars.“Campbell-Knechtel may not have wielded the knife herself, but she lured the victim into a false sense of security and made the attack possible. The sentences recognise that her role was every bit as serious.”Jawad Naser, 47, of Cambridge Gardens, Muswell Hill, who was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey last FridayMetropolitan Police/PA WireNaser was found just four hours after the attack where bloodstained trainers were recovered which formed part of the evidence at trial, police said.Naser and Campbell-Knechtel were found not guilty of attempted murder, but guilty of grievous bodily harm by a jury after trial.