Police divers search lake

Police divers searched Singleton Lake on Tuesday afternoon for a knife used in an alleged attempted murder.

Witnesses say specialist teams were at the lake for most of the day.

One resident, who asked not to be named, said there around six officers were scouring the water supervised by a senior detective.

He said: “It doesn’t look like they’ve found anything.” The knife is thought to have been used in the stabbing of Rotimi Edwards at a house party in Singleton on June 4 this year.

Mr Edwards was taken to hospital in a serious condition after the alleged attack, which left him needing surgery.

Owen Lane, 22, of Imperial Way, Ashford, was arrested and charged with attempted murder.

He denied the charge at Maidstone Crown Court earlier this month, and will stand trial later this year. A police spokesman said: “Officers were at the lake. We were looking for a weapon, a knife. It is a large, slim, metal, domestic knife.

“We want to find that knife in connection with an attempted murder investigation at Lakemead.”

Above and below, police divers were spotted in Singleton Lake, Ashford