Police charge woman after domestic-related stabbing in Murrumbidgee

A woman has appeared in court charged over a domestic -related stabbing near Griffith yesterday.

About 2.30am (Sunday 6 November 2022), emergency services were called to a home on South Avenue, Yenda, north-west of Griffith, after reports a man had been injured.

Officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended and located a 42-year-old man suffering stab wounds after allegedly being struck in the shoulder, hand, torso and face with a pair of scissors during an altercation with a woman, known to him.

The injured man was treated by paramedics and taken to Griffith Base Hospital, before being transferred to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital for surgery.

A 30-year-old woman was arrested at the home and taken to Griffith Police Station where she was charged with reckless wounding (DV).

The woman appeared at Griffith Local Court today (Monday 7 November), where she was formally refused bail to reappear at the same court on Wednesday 9 November 2022.

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