Jessica returns home

5:15pm Monday 7th April 2008

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Chorley stab victim Jessica Knight is out of hospital and back at home.

Jessica, aged 14, who was brutally attacked at the back of Astley Park in January, has spent weeks recovering from the terrifying ordeal in Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury.

Last month she made a short visit home to Regency Gardens, Euxton, before returning to hospital.

The early evening attack, on a footpath on January 21, left the Parklands High School pupil with multiple stab wounds.

Brave Jessica fought for life in hospital where she suffered a stroke.

Her proud parents said she was a "miracle."

A fund raising campaign has been launched to send Jessica to Florida where she will swim with dolphins.

Frenchman Kristofer Beddar, aged 21, from Adlington, has been charged with her attempted murder. He is due to stand trial in July.