Man charged with attempted murder and remanded following incident in Sandiacre
It happened on Friday afternoon on Town Street
A man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in which a man suffered multiple stab wounds in Sandiacre.
The incident occurred at 11.30pm on Friday (3 July) when police received a report from the East Midlands Ambulance Service to reports that a man had suffered stab wounds at a set of flats in Town Street, Sandiacre.
Officers quickly attended the scene, and two officers found a man in his 20s, from the Swadlincote area, had suffered a number of serious stab wounds.
One of the officers provided immediate first aid to the man, while the other arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured man remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Yesterday (6 July) Michael Down appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court after being charged with one count of attempted murder.
The 41-year-old, of York Street, New Bilton, Rugby, was remanded to prison and will next appear at Derby Crown Court on 3 August.