Man charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm following serious assault

Officers investigating after a woman suffered a serious injury in Southampton on Tuesday morning (January 30) have now charged a 46-year-old man. The police were called at 4.45am to reports of an altercation taking place inside an address on Hill Lane.

Police attended and located a woman in her 50s a short time later with a serious injury to her arm, believed to have been caused by a firearm. She was taken to hospital where she remains in a stable condition.

Delroy Smith, of Hill Lane, has now been charged with section 18 - grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. He has been remanded into custody and is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court this morning (February 1).

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