Pictured: Surgeon, 65, who is fighting for his life after he 'was stabbed by a burglar weeks after retiring'
A leading plastic surgeon was fighting for his life last night after being stabbed by a burglar he disturbed in his home. Graeme Perks, 65, was woken by the sound of breaking glass just after 4am yesterday and went downstairs, where he was knifed in the chest and stomach. The intruder fled. Residents said news of the attack at the Perks family's £800,000 home, a former vicarage on the edge of the small affluent Nottinghamshire village of Halam, left them feeling violated. Retired surgeon Graeme Perks is fighting for his life in hospital after the alleged stabbing Police said the victim, 65, suffered puncture wounds to his abdomen and chest following the alleged attack in Halam, near Southwell, at around 4.15am today. Pictured: Police at the scene Glenys Herbert, 80, a neighbour and church warden, described Mr Perks, who recently retired from full-time work, as a 'lovely person'. She added: 'The whole thing is just appalling. You would never in a million years expect so