A FORMER girlfriend of a domestic violence campaigner is threatening legal action over allegations that she has been jailed for repeatedly stabbing him.

Lyndsey McAdam broke her silence last night to insist that claims by support group founder Mike Kenny were untrue and reveal plans to sue him.

Miss McAdam told The Northern Echo: "There is no truth whatsoever in the allegations he has made about me."

Police confirmed they questioned Miss McAdam after Mr Kenny made a series of claims of assault, arson, making threats to kill, and attempting to endanger life by driving dangerously.

But the Crown Prosecution Service ordered in each case that no action should be taken against the 31-year-old hotel manager.

Last night, Miss McAdam, who was with her ex-partner until February, said: "I am just trying to forget about it."

Mr Kenny toured the country talking about his alleged abuse last week and was interviewed on several national television and radio programmes, including GMTV.

Newspapers also carried the story about his group, It Does Happen, opening the country's first hostel for battered husbands in a secret location in the North-East.

Mr Kenny claimed that a former girlfriend was serving a two-year prison sentence for wounding after stabbing him five times, an attack which he said resulted in him losing six-and-a-half pints of blood.

But Miss McAdam said: "All the allegations were checked out by the police. I had an alibi and security camera footage to show I was elsewhere."

An investigation by The Northern Echo revealed that the refuge, said to have cost £2.4m and boasting hotel-standard accommodation, did not exist, while the wounding claims were also false.

Mr Kenny, 34, from Ferryhill, County Durham, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to obtain property or services by deception, and released on police bail until the new year.

He strenuously denies the allegation, but last night declined to say anything further about the investigation.

Reports last week said the 31-bed hostel had taken 28 men in the first night, and pictures of the premises were circulated but no one was allowed to visit the site because Mr Kenny said the location had to be kept secret.

Meanwhile, the group has removed claims from its website that it opened the refuge following the revelations.

The main page of the website has been replaced by a statement, which says: "Allegations have been made by an individual which the organisation, volunteers and founder find absolutely deplorable.

''This spurious allegation has left victims without vital services leading to ongoing abuse and isolation without our ongoing support.

''As a non-profit making organisation, we are, and always have been, committed to helping and supporting to whatever extent to safeguard all victims who find themselves behind the silence and fear of domestic violence and abuse."