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April 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A young woman has described how she fought desperately for her life after being held captive in a Sydney apartment and stabbed 28 times by her ex-boyfriend, a former reality TV contestant.
Samantha Holland told the District Court in Sydney on Friday she had “no intention of dying” after she was “brutally attacked” by Joel Betts in April 2010.
“I was stabbed, detained and forced to jump from a third-floor balcony to save my life,” Ms Holland said. “I thought I was going to die.”
Instead, she screamed and threatened Betts, before finally stabbing him in the stomach after persuading him to give her the knife.
“Eventually, he gave me no choice but to fight back,” Ms Holland told the packed courtroom, her voice breaking occasionally.
Betts, 32, a former Australian Survivor contestant, has pleaded guilty to wounding Ms Holland with intent to murder, and to aggravated detain for advantage.
Ms Holland, then 23, was repeatedly stabbed on April 17, 2010, at the unit they once shared in inner Sydney’s Chippendale when she returned to pick up her belongings.
Betts took the stand and told the court he took full responsibility for what he did.
“I am so sorry for what I put Sam through that day,” he said.
“I’m sorry I almost took her life that day. I’m sorry for the emotional and physical scars I left that day.”
The court heard Betts had agreed not to be present on the day Ms Holland picked up her things, but he told the court he wanted to apologise for previously telling her he had been unfaithful.
When Ms Holland tried to leave to get to her brother, who was waiting downstairs, Betts repeatedly stabbed her in her back before cutting his wrists and stabbing himself in the neck.
He then used a bread knife to stab both himself and Ms Holland, before agreeing to give the knife to Ms Holland so they could “die together”, the court heard.
She stabbed him in the stomach and eventually jumped off the balcony to escape.
Betts told the court his decision to stab Ms Holland was “very spontaneous”.
“It happened in the spur of the moment,” he said, adding what happened that day was “strange”.
Broadcaster Alan Jones gave evidence in support of Betts, telling the court he had known him for about ten years.
Mr Jones described Betts as a “courteous and appreciative” young man, who appeared in good spirits when he met him the week before the incident.
“I know he is unbelievably emotional and regretful when he talks about (the attack),” Mr Jones said. “He knows he has my support forever.”
Ms Holland said she had been left with permanent injuries to her back, scalp, face and hands, and said part of a knife was wedged in her spine after the attack. She had lost all feeling in the right side of her face.
“My trust in people has been diminished,” she told a packed courtroom, as several onlookers cried and held hands.
Betts will be sentenced at a later date.
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