Two men charged after alleged stabbing and unrelated kidnapping in town violence

Two men have been arrested and charged following separate violent incidents in Middlesbrough -  including an alleged stabbing, on Teesside police have revealed.

A 44-year-old man was remanded into custody after appearing at Teesside Magistrates’ Court having been charged with possession of a knife in a public place, and with Section 18 assault.

The charge follows an investigation by Middlesbrough CID into a report of a 45-year-old man being allegedly stabbed on Thornton Street on Thursday (May 23). The victim remains in hospital in a stable condition.

In an unrelated incident, two women (aged 23 and 43) reported being followed by a man in a white van near the Teesside University campus and then assaulted.

Uniformed officer colleagues quickly located and arrested a 23-year-old man. Middlesbrough CID then took over enquiries into the incident, which was alleged to have taken place in the early hours of yesterday (Saturday May 25).

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The man was interviewed and subsequently charged with attempted kidnap, two counts of assault, taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent, driving whilst uninsured, failing to provide a specimen for analysis and assaulting an emergency worker.

He is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, (Monday May 27).

Detectives who investigated the incidents said officers are "reassuring the public they will continue to identify and deal with those suspected of being involved in such offences".