Overview
- Police were called to land near St John’s Close in Stockton on Monday, June 29, and found a 50-year-old man with stab wounds to both legs.
- North East Ambulance Service and the Great North Air Ambulance team attended and assessed the patient, who was taken to hospital by road ambulance for further treatment.
- A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon and is currently in police custody with no charges yet confirmed.
- Officers established a cordon around a wooded perimeter of the patch of land behind homes and eyewitness video shared with local media shows police, an air ambulance and other 999 crews at the scene.
- Stockton CID says the investigation is ongoing, no motive or further identities have been released, and police inquiries may include forensic examination and witness appeals as the case progresses.