WARNING: The picture gallery above contains graphic images of Ms Willis' injuries

POLICE are investigating reports that a woman was repeatedly stabbed in the head in Orford.

Lisa Willis, 33, was stabbed seven times in the head in the back garden of a house on Poplars Avenue at around 10pm on Thursday, November 8.

Cheshire Police confirmed that they were investigating the incident, in which Ms Willis suffered a ‘number of puncture wounds’.

The Birchwood resident was taken to Warrington Hospital on Friday, November 10, and released later the same day.

Her partner Daniel Elwell said: “I thought she was going to die, she was that bad.

“She was stabbed all over her head and the side of her face, they nearly took her eye out – the knife went a couple of inches into the back of her head.

“It’s not nice.”

Anyone with information is urged to contact Cheshire Police, quoting incident number IML235981, or to call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.