A suspect has been charged with two attempted murders on Wednesday 1 March 2023 after Kent Police was called to a report that three people had been assaulted at a property near Bonney Way in Swanley.
Patrols and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene where a woman was treated for injuries consistent with stab wounds. A second woman received medical attention for a head injury and a teenage boy for a cut to his hand. All three victims were taken to hospital and have since been discharged.
On the same day, a man who was known to the victims was arrested and taken into custody.
On Thursday 10 March, the Crime Prosecution Service authorised two counts of attempted murder against a 61-year-old man from Sidcup, Greater London. He was also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday 11 March where he was remanded to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on 7 April.