Woman, 42, charged with murder after 50-year-old Jonathan Gibbons stabbed in Litherland

A 50-year-old man was taken to hospital with a life-threatening injury, and died later that day.  Credit: Liverpool Echo

A woman has been charged with murder after a man was stabbed in Litherland, Merseyside.

Officers were called to a property on Bridge Road at around 4.45am on Sunday 30 October, after reports a man had been stabbed.

50-year-old Jonathan Gibbons was taken to hospital with a life-threatening injury and died later that day. 

Merseyside Police at the scene. Credit: Liverpool Echo

A post-mortem confirmed he died of a stab wound to his chest. Joanne Moran, 42, of Bridge Road, Litherland has been charged with murder and was remanded into custody to appear in court today, 1 November.