Attempted murder charge, Kingston
A 22-year-old woman- the alleged victim of a knife attack at Kingston this morning- managed to flee from her assailant’s vehicle and seek refuge in a house in Beta Avenue.
Around 11.45am the woman was sitting in a motor vehicle in Beta Avenue with a man known to her when an argument broke out. When the woman attempted to exit the car police will allege she was stabbed in the back several times.
The woman managed to run into adjoining parkland however the man followed her and forced her back to the vehicle.
The man drove the car a short distance, stopping at the intersection with Juers Street, where the woman managed to flee again running into a house in Beta Avenue.
The man followed her, chasing her through a garage and out into the back yard where he caught up with her. The man allegedly grabbed hold of the woman and threatened her with the knife. The residents of the house– a 39-year-old woman and two men aged 66 and 39- spoke to the man for several minutes managing to convince him to put the knife down.
Police attended the residence and arrested the man without incident. The 27-year-old Griffin man was denied police bail and is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court in the morning charged with attempted murder and enter dwelling with intent to commit an indictable offence and threaten to use actual violence.
The woman, also from Griffin, was transported to the Logan General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
