Officers have charged a man with grievous bodily harm with intent after a woman was injured in Dartford.

Kent Police was called at 8.58pm on Sunday 9 April 2023 to a report of a woman sustaining injuries, consistent with stab wounds, inside a car park near Littlebrook Manor Way.

Officers attended the scene, and a woman in her 20s was taken to a local hospital. She has since been discharged.

Following the assault, a man who is known to the victim, was arrested.

On the evening of Tuesday 11 April 2023 officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate charged a 55-year-old man of no fixed address, with grievous bodily harm with intent.

He appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 12 April and was remanded and is due to appear before Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday 10 May.

The incident is being treated as isolated and officers are not seeking anyone else in connection to it.

By Ed

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