ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT REMAINS IN HOSPITAL 3-AND-A-HALF MONTHS AFTER BINSTEAD INCIDENT

A man arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder his own wife at their home in Binstead remains in hospital some 3-and-a-half months after the alleged incident.

Detectives are continuing to investigate a man in his 50s on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his wife in the neck and killed the family dog, as previously revealed by Island Echo.

It was on 20th June this year that Armed Police descended on the usually quiet Newnham Road following reports of a serious assault. A woman was seen to be bleeding profusely, with armed response officers calling for a male inside the address to put down a weapon and open the front door.

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The road was sealed off as Police isolated the threat and made the scene safe.

The prime suspect was tended to by paramedics before being placed in a neck brace and wheeled out of the property and into an awaiting ambulance.

Forensic investigators spent the next 4 days examining the bloody crime scene.

Now, some 15 weeks after his arrest, the unnamed individual remains in hospital, it has been confirmed to Island Echo. However, Hampshire Constabulary has refused to comment on whether the suspect has been under a 24-hour bedside guard all that time.

Once released from the hospital, the suspect will be quizzed and the custody clock will begin – with Police looking to charge the male with the attempted murder of his wife.

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