Overview
- A woman was stabbed inside a Hawthorn Drive house in Norton Canes, which took place Friday, and she was taken to hospital with potentially life‑threatening injuries.
- West Midlands Ambulance Service attended with a MERIT trauma doctor, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance before the patient was moved to hospital by land ambulance.
- Staffordshire Police initially searched for a man described as in his late 40s wearing black clothing and later arrested a 49‑year‑old Bloxwich man on suspicion of attempted murder; he remains in custody.
- Firearms officers were deployed to the scene during the search and the force has opened an active investigation under incident 201 of 3 July.
- Police have asked anyone with CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage to call 101 quoting the incident number or to give information anonymously to Crimestoppers as enquiries continue.