A wife has told a jury how a “man with a Scouse accent” saved the life of her husband after he was stabbed in a fight outside a Dover nightclub.

Darren Catt had been knifed as he went to the aid of wife Nikki who had her bag stolen in an incident on March 26 last year.

He told a jury at Canterbury Crown Court how he was involved in a punch up with two men outside Deja Vu nightclub – but hadn’t realised he had been stabbed.

Mrs Catt said a “man with a Scouse accent” then said: "Darren, you’re bleeding, mate".

She added: “The man who said that helped to save Darren’s life that night. He had come out of the club after the event.

“This person, I don’t know him and he wasn’t involved (in the stabbing) but he knew medical training.”

Ryan Derby, 31, of Castle Hill Road, Dover has pleaded not guilty to wounding Mr Catt with intent.

Khyle Harding, 23, of Thamesmead, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of unlawful wounding and Tia Wesley, 19, of Chevalier Road, Dover admitted the theft of a handbag. Both will be sentenced later.

Mr Catt was taken to King’s College Hospital after the knife wound punctured his lung.

He told the jury: “I lost a lot of blood and I was later told I had been resuscitated.”

The jury heard how Mrs Catt had been out with friends at the club when her handbag was stolen and a woman in the club told her she knew who had taken it.

Outside the two women confronted a group of people and she alleged that racist remarks were being made towards the “black woman” who had helped her.

She then telephoned her husband who arrived minutes later as Mrs Catt and another woman became involved in a fight, during which she lost her hair extensions and jewellery.

6ft 6in Mr Catt claimed that when he turned up one of the men shouted: "You’re a big fella".

He was confronted by a man and began throwing punches in defence of his wife, as another man grabbed him around the neck to pull him away.

“It was kind of weird because the man in front didn’t retaliate as I thought he would have.

“It was not normal. It looked like he was trying to get something out of his pockets.”

Mr Catt said that bouncers then appeared and the two men seemed to disappear and he bent down and laughed at his wife as she collected her hair extensions and jewellery.

It was then he claimed he felt a dull blow to the left side of his chest adding: "It just didn’t register at the time. I didn’t realise I had been stabbed.”

The trial continues.