Man and woman charged over Blackpool stabbing

31 and 39 year old charged with wounding with intent

Author: Louisa KingPublished 15th Jun 2022

A man and woman have been charged by police investigating a stabbing in Blackpool.

Police were called at around 4.25am on Friday (June 10) to a report of a man who had been found unconscious on Dickson Road in the resort.

Emergency services attended the scene and found a man, aged in his 20s, with a suspected stab wound to his chest.

He was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for treatment.

A man aged 31 and a woman aged 39 were later arrested in Scotland following a public appeal.

Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Christopher Binnie, 31 and Nicola O’Neill, 39, both of no fixed address, have been charged with Section 18 – wounding with intent.