STAB victim Jessica Knight's parents have nicknamed her "Brave Spice" after her plight touched the hearts of the girl power group.

And they revealed details of how their daughter battled back from the brink of death in the days after the knife attack in Astley Park, near Chorley.

Her mum and dad Jill Walmsley, 37 and Richard Knight, 41, said she had made a "miraculous" recovery and was an inspiration to everybody.

They described being on a roller coaster of emotions, going from hysterics to elation, but said they never lost hope throughout the ordeal.

Her parents said Jessica, affectionately known as Jess, a pupil at Parklands High School in Chorley, said the visit had put her on "a real high."

Her dad said Jess had lost movement down the left hand side of her body after suffering a stroke.

He said: "Geri was so generous with her time.

"Jess couldn't see her when she came in because her eyes were so swollen and were still closed, but she could hear her and the adrenalin was rushing round her body.

"Her arm was going ten to the dozen and her right leg was going up too.

"If she could have moved the others she would have done because she was a real high."

He added: "She had such a battle that we are going to use that battle to will her on so to speak, she's got this far, she's come from the brink of death and it was a real David and Goliath battle that she has won and we are so thankful."

They spoke of the time they first saw their daughter after she underwent six hours of emergency surgery.

They said she was unrecognisable and looked more like a 30-year-old.

Her dad said: "Jess had quite defined bone structure and we couldn't even see her face.

"We only recognised her hair colour, not even the style.

"She looked an absolute mess, more like a 30-year-old, not a 14-year-old teenager. That was really scary."

Jessica was stabbed around 30 times as she made her way home to Astley Village from school on January 21.

She was found outside Astley Park bleeding heavily.

Her parents thanked everyone who helped to save her life.

Her mum, a nurse at Chorley Hospital, said: "We owe her life to the people who stopped at the scene.

"A man stopped her from bleeding and saved her life."

Medics believe Jess will make a 100 per cent physical recovery and the teenager has started communicating in writing and also recently spoke her first word - which was dad.

Frenchman Kristoffer Beddar, 21, of Daisyhill Drive, Adlington, has been charged with attempted murder.