Two Stabbed in Stoughton

Published on: 12 Mar, 2013
Updated on: 14 Mar, 2013

Two people received stabs wounds during an incident in Queen Elizabeth Park, Stoughton on Saturday (March 9th).

Police were called to the scene, in Rivett-Drake Close, following a report that two people had received stab injuries.

Both police and ambulance crews were on the scene quickly after the emergency call was made.

A man in his thirties who had sustained a serious abdominal injury was discovered. He was taken by ambulance to St George’s Hospital in Tooting where he remains in a stable condition.

A woman in her thirties was also found to have suffered a minor laceration to her back. She was taken to the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford but was later discharged.

Officers are carrying out a thorough investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding how the man and woman sustained their injuries.