A teenage boy was slashed in the face with a knife at a house party with friends, as his distraught mum revealed he now refuses to leave his home.
The unnamed 17-year-old was at a friend’s house in Smallthorne, Staffordshire, when he received the knife wound to his face, just above his eye.
He was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital and enquiries by Staffordshire Police were ongoing.
The boy's mother said she received a phone call from one of his friends, StokeonTrentLive reported.
She said: "It's any parent's worst nightmare to get a phone call saying your child's been stabbed. It was from one of my son's friends.
"He has got slashes to his face, quite a big slash to his head above his eye, and then right the way down his cheek. He's been having headaches, because it's right above his eye, he won't even leave the house now.
"I've been so worried, I've not been letting him out even though he doesn't want to go out. I've had to call in work because I've not even been sleeping.
"It's not just me, I can't even get one of his younger brothers to eat because he's just worried. I only stopped shaking a couple of days after it happened.
"A few people in the family aren't impressed that there've been no arrests yet. He's had all the time to get rid of any evidence, clothes and stuff like that."
Police were called to the property at 11.37pm on Saturday, February 25
A police spokesperson said: "We were called to an address in Smallthorne following reports of violence.
“We found a 17-year-old boy with a head injury. He was assessed at the scene by paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service and taken to hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing."
One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the incident.
Witnesses should call the police on 101, quoting incident number 865 of February 25, or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.
