Paulsgrove stabbing: 29-year-old man from Portsmouth arrested
A MAN has been arrested after a stabbing victim was left in intensive care.
Police investigating the stabbing of a 22-year-old man on Saturday night in Paulsgrove have arrested a 29-year-old man from Portsmouth.
He has been held on suspicion of attempted robbery and conspiring to commit robbery. He has been released from custody but is under investigation.
It comes after paramedics called police to a man they were treating for a stab wound in Hempsted Road, Paulsgrove at 11pm.
He was taken to to Southampton General Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
More police will be patrolling in Paulsgrove than usual today.
A spokesman from Hampshire police said: ‘Our neighbourhood team will be carrying our extra patrols in the area, so any residents concerned about what has happened over the weekend please go and speak to these officers.’
Police could be seen scouring the surrounding area on Saturday, having cordoned off the skate park in Allaway Avenue and the woodland area adjacent to Falmouth Road.
Residents expressed their shock at the incident in the ‘quiet area.’
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 101, quoting the crime reference number 44200077931.