A MOTHER was left with a catalogue of wounds after her husband unleashed a knife attack on her while their children were in the house, a jury heard.

Turkan Lowmani, 33, of Idle Road, has gone on trial at Bradford Crown Court charged with the attempted murder of his wife Lutfia Lowmani.

Prosecutor Michael Smith told the court the incident unfolded on August 3 last year following an argument.

"He had found her on the phone to another man," he said. "The argument led to violence and the defendant came armed with a kitchen knife.

"A knife he was to tell the police he took from his wife. The defendant then used the knife to repeatedly stab his wife to the neck, body, back, arms and leg.

"There were approximately 20 different stab wounds caused by the knife attack."

Mr Smith said the Crown's case, due to the nature and extent of the injuries, is that Lowmani intended to kill his wife at the time of the attack.

He said the defence case would be that Lowmani was not the aggressor and was acting in self defence after being attacked by his wife.

The court heard while Lowmani can remember stabbing his wife "two or three times" he cannot remember the full extent of the attack.

Mr Smith told the court that Lowmani left the scene to go to his landlord's address, where he indicated he had stabbed his wife.

The landlord took Lowmani back to the scene and later took him to the police station. When interviewed, Lowmani admitted he told a neighbour he had killed his wife. He said he thought he had because of the blood he was covered in and he also admitted he had got rid of bloodstained clothing.

One neighbour, Raheela Khan, spoke of her shock at what happened and said they were the "perfect family".

Hayley Ann Hollis said she had been watching television with her children when she heard shouting and screaming, which she could not ignore.

She went outside, where Ms Khan asked for help, and found Mrs Lowmani, laid in the front garden of her house "bleeding to death".

In her statement, Ms Hollins described seeing "blood everywhere" and said Mrs Lowmani told her she thought she was dying.

Ms Hollis then ran into Mrs Lowmani's house to get some towels and described seeing blood on the walls and on the carpet.

The court heard she then saw a man at the door, with a knife in his right hand, with two boys standing close to him. He went back into the house and Ms Hollins went to get the boys and passed them over the wall to Ms Khan.

Ms Hollins said the man, Mr Lowmani, then reappeared asking for his children, telling his wife it was "her fault" and telling people at the scene that she'd had an affair.

Lowmani denies the attempted murder of his wife and inflicting grievous bodily harm.

The trial continues.