Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Flatts Lane attempted murder accused makes first appearance before crown court


Tony Griffin was charged after a woman was found with wounds to her throat in the Normanby area last month





A man accused of trying to kill a young woman has made his first appearance at Teesside Crown Court.


Tony Griffin, of Sandmoor Close, Eston, was charged with attempted murder and possessing a knife in a public place.


The 20-year-old is accused of seriously assaulting a woman near the old railway line, Flatts Lane, Normanby, Middlesbrough, on the afternoon on March 25.


She was taken to Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital with knife wounds to her throat.


Griffin appeared in court yesterday via video link to Holme House Prison.


He has not yet entered pleas to the charges.


He was remanded in custody by Judge Peter Bowers until a plea hearing on June 20.



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