A man in his 20s has been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in the neck in Hockwold on Thursday morning. Police were called to the village just before 9am following reports of the incident which left a man in his 80s needing hospital treatment. Ashley Francis, 26, of Whittington Hill, has subsequently been charged with attempted murder. Officers said the victim – a man in his 80s – was initially taken to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment, but later transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he remains. A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene on…
