Police update over stabbed man left with serious head injury on Portsmouth road as six arrested
Six males were arrested
Police have given an update after six males were arrested after a man was left with a serious head injury following a knifing on a Portsmouth road before being rushed to hospital.
As reported, officers were called just after 8pm on Thursday 30 July after a 19-year-old man was found on London Road with “serious, but not life-threatening” injuries to his head and hand, police said.
Emergency services attended before the man was taken to hospital for treatment. An investigation was launched which resulted in six people being arrested.
A 20-year-old man from Croydon was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent while an 18-year-old man from Birmingham was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent. Giving an update, police today said they have both been released on conditional bail as “enquiries continue”.
A 24-year-old man from Birmingham was also arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. He has now been given a conditional caution for possession of an offensive weapon, and “following enquiries, no further action will be taken in relation to the wounding arrest”, a police spokesperson said.
A 23-year-old man from Birmingham was also arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place; a 17-year-old boy from Birmingham arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent; and a 17-year-old boy from Wolverhampton arrested on suspicion of assault, wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
They have been released from custody and will face no further action in relation to these arrests.