Wounding charge, Gordonvale
Detectives from Cairns have charged a man after an alleged assault at Gordonvale overnight.
Police will allege a man became involved in a verbal altercation with a woman at a Pritchard Close address around 11.40pm when he stabbed her in the back with a knife.
The man fled the scene, however he was located a short time later and arrested.
Police believe the man and the woman were not known to each other.
A 47-year-old Gordonvale woman was transported to Cairns Hospital with injuries that are not considered to be life threatening.
A 23-year-old Babinda man has been charged with one count of wounding and will appear in Cairns Magistrates court today.
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