A 42-year-old New Westminster woman is in custody following a domestic incident on Sunday evening.
According to police, officers were called to a home in the 500 block of Brantford Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets in uptown, around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
New Westminster police had received a report that a man had been stabbed at the home and when officers arrived on scene they found the victim “suffering from a stab wound to his head and covered in blood,” a press release from the department noted.
The victim, a 44-year-old New Westminster man who was in a relationship with the suspect, was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he received six stitches for the gash in his head, the release added.
Neighbours in a nearby apartment building told The Record they had seen a man with a head wound on a stretcher outside the home on Sunday evening. They also noted police blocked off Brantford Street for much of the evening and remained on scene until about 11 p.m.
Police arrested New Westminster resident Melanie L. Campbell at the scene and Crown counsel has since approved three charges against her, including assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, and assault. The third assault charge stems from an attack against the same victim that happened on Saturday, which was never reported.
Campbell will remain in custody until her next court appearance on June 4 in New Westminster.
