A WOMAN who was wounded during a shop robbery has said she wants to "deck" the thug who stabbed her in the back.

Marjorie Bostock, 54, was working behind the counter of Shippy's store, Pendle Road, Sabden, when she was attacked at about 9.15pm on Wednesday.

Today she told how she was not frightened by the incident and wanted to get revenge if she came face to face with her attacker again.

Mrs Bostock, who lives opposite the store owned by her sister Pat Shipston, 53, started work at about 5pm.

She said the man came into the shop at about 9.15pm and wandered around before asking her to get something off a shelf.

"When I turned around he stabbed me in the back," said the grandmother-of-one.

She turned around and punched him in the face before being pushed to the ground.

While she was on the floor he took about £400 in cash from the till and escaped in a stolen red Chrysler PT Cruiser.

"I was that angry I was raving mad. If I catch him in here again I'll deck him," she added.

Mrs Bostock had been on the phone to her sister Jill Birtwell, 51, at the time of the incident.

"All I heard was her shouting to phone the police because she had been stabbed," said Mrs Birtwell,who also works at the store.

Mrs Bostock suffered injuries to her right shoulder and left hand, the device used to stab her is believed to be a pen.

She praised the police who turned out to the incident in about five minutes.

It comes just a week after police started a national amnesty for knives and dangerous blades.

To date 55 knives and a sword have been handed in in Blackburn, along with around 20 knives in both Accrington and Burnley, and 104 in Nelson.

Inspector John O'Reilly said: "This was a cowardly attack on a woman who was doing her job."

The man is white, slim, about 5ft 7ins, with short dark brown hair, and was wearing an orange waistcoat, dark track suits trousers, and white trainers.

Insp O'Reilly appealed for any witnesses to the attack to contact police on 01254 51212, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.