A MAN is in hospital in a critical condition and a woman is behind bars after police claim a domestic violence dispute ended in a stabbing in Narrabri on Wednesday night.
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Emergency services were called to a home on Nandewar Street about 10pm after reports a 26-year-old man had been knifed in the chest several times.
Oxley police officers were told there had been an altercation between the man and a woman, who is known to him, before he was found with multiple stab wounds.
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The man was taken to Narrabri hospital but was later urgently airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle for specialist treatment.
He was in a critical condition at the time, according to police.
Oxley officers established a crime scene and launched an investigation, before arresting a 47-year-old woman at the home.
The woman has been charged with reckless wounding and spent the night behind bars before appearing in Inverell Local Court today.
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Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: afalkenmire@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: afalkenmire@austcommunitymedia.com.au
