Tracy Meikle stabbed Lorraine Foy to death in Glasgow street A killer stabbed a woman to death in a Glasgow street in front of her daughters. Tracy Meikle, 33, plunged a knife into Lorraine Foy's neck and body five times in an attack on the city's Crowlin Crescent on June 22. Meikle was convicted of murder in December following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. On Wednesday, she was sentenced to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 15 years during proceedings at the High Court in Edinburgh. Passing sentence, Lord Jones said he had read victim impact statements from Ms Foy's teenager daughters, who witnessed their mother's murder. "It is clear that the whole family has been devastated by the utterly pointless and cruel murder," he said. The judge noted that background reports indicated Meikle very much regretted her actions, but he added: "None of that, however, can undo the damage you caused." The court had heard that Ms Foy, 36, came to Meikle's address on the day of the killing to confront her after being told Meikle had head-butted a 14-year-old girl. Ms Foy demanded that Meikle come down from her flat and explain herself over the allegation. Meikle armed herself with a kitchen knife and went outside to meet Ms Foy, who was unarmed. The victim's 13-year-old daughter Amy told the trial: "I shouted to my mum: 'She's got a knife up her sleeve' but mum never heard me and they started fighting." Meikle struggled to get the knife out, said Amy. "Then she did and stabbed my mum in the neck," she added. Ms Foy's friend, Michelle Cochrane, 41, said she tried to pull Meikle away. She said: "She was like a wild animal stabbing into Lorraine's neck. She was just blank. It was a frenzied knife attack. Although the incident lasted only seconds, Ms Foy was stabbed five times and wounds to her neck severed major blood vessels. Ms Cochrane told how her friend lay in the street bleeding badly as she pleaded: "Lorraine, stay awake, stay awake." An ambulance, called by a neighbour, arrived quickly on the scene but doctors were unable to save Ms Foy. The court heard that Meikle had been taking Valium washed down with Buckfast and cider. Defence QC Gordon Jackson, pleading for leniency, said the murder "arose out of nothing." Meikle could remember little of what happened, said the lawyer. He added: "She never really denied that she was the person involved in this but doesn't know how it happened or why it happened. It was just something out of nothing. Mr Jackson added that Meikle had a history of being abused, broken relationships and drink and drugs. But since she had sobered up in Cornton Vale she had become a pleasant and sensible young woman. At her trial, Meikle claimed she had been acting in self-defence. But a jury rejected her claim and found her guilty of murder. The High Court in Edinburgh was packed with friends and Foy family members on Wednesday and one man was pulled away by police when he ran forward as Meikle was being led to the cells.