Brierfield man pleads not guilty to attempted murder after girl, 17, stabbed in the neck
He appeared before court yesterday to enter his mixed pleas.
A 30-year-old Lancashire man charged with stabbing a teenage girl in the neck has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.
Lancashire Police officers were called at 3.06pm on Friday, June 12, to Wood Street, Brierfield, and found that a 17-year-old had been stabbed in the back of the neck.
She was taken to hospital for treatment.
Thankfully her injuries were not life-threatening and she has since been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home.
A 30-year-old man was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of attempted murder and taken into custody.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Junaid Nawaz, 30, of Livingstone Walk, Brierfield – who is British born of Pakistani heritage – has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife in a public place.
Appearing at Preston Crown Court yesterday, he pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, but guilty to count 3 - Section 18 wounding with intent, and count 3 - Possession of a knife in a public place and was convicted on both counts.
He is due to return to court later this month to see if the prosecution accept his two guilty pleas/and if a trial will go ahead for his not guilty plea to attempted murder.
He has been remanded into custody until then.