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<\/p>\nA 72-year-old woman wounded in a confrontation with an alleged home invader in northern New South Wales says her husband is her hero.<\/p>\n
Di Blessing today released a statement to the media, five days after she and her husband Keith Blessing, 75, were stabbed inside their Torrington home.<\/p>\n
Mr Blessing shot alleged intruder Joshua Trethewy during the incident.<\/p>\n
NSW Police will allege the 34-year-old was shot as he tried to re-enter the rural property, located 65 kilometres south-west of Tenterfield.<\/p>\n
“I want to thank my husband, my hero,” Ms Blessing said in her statement.<\/p>\n
“There can surely be no greater love than shielding and protecting a loved one.<\/p>\n
“Without him I believe I would not be alive today.”‘Our nightmare’<\/p>\n
Ms Blessing said she was limited in what she could say about the ‘”terrible night” due to ongoing police investigations, but described the event as a “nightmare”.<\/p>\n
“The horrific incident has left us shattered,” she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Blessing also thanked her daughters for “putting their lives on hold” to support their parents.<\/p>\n
“This nightmare has taken its toll on them too, and all of their lives will be forever changed,” she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Blessing said the family had been “overwhelmed” and “comforted” by messages of support from the public and the Torrington community.<\/p>\n
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The community has been supporting Di and Keith Blessing as they recover. (Supplied)<\/p>\n
A community fundraising campaign created after the alleged attack has raised nearly $3,000, which Ms Blessing said would be donated to the rescue helicopter service.<\/p>\n
Husband remains stable<\/p>\n
Ms Blessing has been discharged from hospital on Queensland’s Gold Coast, but said she would be receiving ongoing outpatient care, while her husband remains in a stable condition.<\/p>\n
“Keith, I am relieved to say, has been transferred from ICU to a ward,” she said.<\/p>\n
“[Mr Blessing] is receiving the very best comprehensive treatment for multiple stab wounds as well as post-operative care for internal organ damage.”<\/p>\n
Mr Trethewy, who was treated at the scene for a gunshot wound and placed into an induced coma, has been charged with two counts of wounding with intent to murder but is yet to face court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 72-year-old woman wounded in a confrontation with an alleged home invader in northern New South Wales says…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,351074,19445,351076,351075,44,27777,347751],"class_list":["post-724842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-diane-blessing","tag-home-invasion","tag-joshua-trethewy","tag-keith-blessing","tag-news","tag-stabbing","tag-torrington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}