Man charged following incident in Hove

A man has been charged after a two people suffered serious injuries at an address in Hove.

Police were called to Farm Road on Sunday (January 14) at around 8am to reports of an altercation.

On arrival, a man in his 40s was found with puncture wounds and woman in her 30s was located at a nearby address with critical injuries after it was reported that she fell from a window.

Stewart Kamande, 39 of Farm Road, Hove was charged yesterday (January 16) with grievous bodily harm and grievous bodily harm with intent, and has been remanded in custody pending his next court appearance on February 13. 

Detective Sergeant Victoria Thornton-Green said: 

"Following a combined effort from numerous teams across the division, we have now charged and remanded a man in relation to the offences.

"Thank you to those who have assisted our enquiries so far, and we urge any outstanding witnesses or anyone with information to come forward and make a report."

To do this, you can use our online reporting form, or call 101, quoting reference number 220 of 14/01.