How did he slip through net? Violent asylum seeker, 18, who claimed to be 15, almost killed foster mother in savage knife attack while she slept after social services blunder

A foster mother nearly stabbed to death by a foreign teenager placed in her  care has launched a scathing attack on social services - and accused them of gambling with her safety. 

Christine Mackay - who had been told the youth was well-behaved – lost four pints of blood after being savagely attacked with a kitchen knife as she slept.

The teenager, housed with her just three days after arriving  in the UK illegally and with no identification papers, was last month sentenced to 14 years for attempted murder.           Full Read