Man charged after doctor stabbed outside mosque

Police investigating after a man was stabbed outside a mosque in Hale have charged a man in connection with the attack.

Ian Anthony Rook, 28, of no fixed abode has been charged with a section 18 assault and possession of a lethal weapon.

A second man has been released with no further action.

Rook is due to appear at Manchester City Magistrates Court on Tuesday 26 September 2017.

At around 5.50pm on Sunday 24 September 2017 police were called to reports that a man had been stabbed outside the Altrincham and Hale Muslim Association on Grove Lane.

Emergency services attended and a 58-year-old man was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the back of his neck. He was treated for his injuries and discharged from hospital shortly after.