WA: Woman charged after knife attack

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2008
WA: Woman charged after knife attack

PERTH, April 12 AAP - West Australian police have charged a woman with unlawful wounding
after her de facto husband was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife early today.

Police said a 42-year-old man was woken by a woman at his home in Perth's eastern suburb
of Cloverdale, about 1am (WST).

When he followed the woman into a bathroom of the Belgravia Street home, he was stabbed
twice in the back with a kitchen knife, police said.

He then went next door to seek help.

The woman continued to threaten the man but left when an ambulance arrived.

Detectives later found a woman, seized a knife, and charged her with aggravated unlawful
wounding.

The man was treated for minor injuries at Royal Perth Hospital.

A 38-year-old woman was due to appear in East Perth Magistrate's Court today.

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KEYWORD: KNIFE

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