Colchester: Third charge in connection with stabbing

A third man has been charged in connection with an incident in Colchester earlier this year where a man was stabbed.

We were called to reports of a disturbance in Magdalen Street shortly after 11pm on Friday 31 March and when officer arrived they found a man with a stab wound to his stomach.

He was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

Yesterday, Brandon Bovington, 19, of no fixed address has been charged with assisting an offender.

He appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court yesterday (Wednesday 26 July) and was remanded in custody to appear at Ipswich Crown Court on 23 August.

Two other people have already been charged and are due to stand trial in September.

Joseph Little, 18, of St Mary’s Close, Panfield, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of an offensive weapon, possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, criminal damage and affray.

Zak Henry, 19, of Waddelow Road, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, has been charged with attempted murder.