Overview
- Greater Manchester Police charged Stephen Nolan on Thursday and remanded him to appear at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court.
- Two men were stabbed on Tonge Moor Road at about 10:30am on Tuesday in separate but linked attacks, with one assault captured on CCTV inside The Deli café.
- Police said both victims suffered injuries that were not life‑threatening, with one described as superficial.
- Detectives are treating the case as mental‑health related after an initial assessment under the Mental Health Act, and the suspect was later deemed fit for interview before being charged.
- Officers increased patrols, described no wider threat to the public, and appealed for CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage from around the time of the attacks to support the ongoing investigation.