Accused stabber ‘laughed hysterically’

A woman ‘laughed hysterically’ before stabbing her friend in the eye and piercing her lung, a court heard. Amanda McCullogh, 40, allegedly woke up Napa Hamid by banging on her door before repeatedly slashing her in Queen Mary’s Hostel, central London, on 19 May. Ms Hanud had invited McCullogh into her bedroom for a chat when she allegedly noticed the 40-year-old appeared ‘nervous’ and was reaching into her bag. She suspected the accused knife woman was high and joked: ‘Why…