An attempted murder suspect has been named after a pensioner was stabbed.
Emergency services rushed to Hope Farm Road in Ellesmere Port at around 12am on Monday, July 11, following reports of a serious assault. Eyewitnesses reported a large police and ambulance presence which had arrived on the scene "very quickly".
Officers from Cheshire Police attending the scene found two people, a woman, 73, and a man, 31, with puncture wounds after being stabbed. The woman sustained serious injuries and was rushed to Aintree Hospital.