Charge after stab attack

A 22-YEAR-OLD has been charged with attempted murder after a man was found with multiple stab wounds in a County Durham village.

Kieran Smith, of Tenth Street, Horden, was charged after a man was discovered with life-threatening injuries in Horden at around 6.50pm on Wednesday, August 9.

He appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The 38-year-old victim suffered critical chest injuries and remains in hospital.

A 43-year-old man and a 23-year-old man both arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and a 34-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, have all been released under investigation.