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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Police name suspect after man stabbed in the neck

Police have named a suspected knife man after a man was stabbed this weekend.

A man, in his 30s, was stabbed in the neck at a property in Colbert Close, around 1.30am on Sunday, January 30.

Detectives arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder, not far from the scene.

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Police have today confirmed they have charged Mirco Gerlach with section 18 wounding

The 32-year-old, of Colbert Close, Wirral, has been kept in custody and will appear in court this morning, Monday, January 31.

The victim was rushed to hospital from the scene where he remains in a stable condition.

A Merseyside police spokesperson said: "We have charged a man following a stabbing on Wirral.


"At around 1.30am yesterday, Sunday 30 January, officers were called to an address on Colbert Close, Wirral to reports that a man had been stabbed in the neck.

"Emergency services attended and a man in his 30s was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

"A 32-year-old man was arrested by police a short distance away from the scene.

"Mirco Gerlach, aged 32, of Colbert Close, Wirral has now been charged with Section 18 Wounding.

"He has been remanded in custody and will appear in court this morning, Monday 31 January. "

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