A MAN has been charged with attempted murder following a serious assault at the weekend.

Emergency services were called to a report of an assault in an address on Faygate, Middlesbrough, just after 8pm on Saturday.

A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: "A 48-year-old man was arrested and subsequently charged with attempted murder and with Section 18 wounding.

"He is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court today."

 

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