A MILDURA man who used a bread knife to stab his partner, inflicting a wound that required "life-saving measures" in hospital, says he was on "the juice" and wasn't expecting to inflict the injury, a court has been told.

The County Koori Court heard 23-year-old Tyson Mitchell initially told police that he believed the 37-year-old victim had been stabbed because he had a drug debt, but finally admitted that he "ju