Murder charge after Washington stabbing

  • Tyne Tees
Police cordoned off a balcony where the man was found Credit: ITV

A 45-year-old man has been charged with murder after a man was stabbed on the street where he lived in Wearside.

Police received a report of a man with stab wounds in Warkworth Close in Washington at the weekend. 20-year-old Andrew Lucas was taken to hospital and died of his injuries.

Mark Spalding, 45, has been charged with murder.

Forensics experts were taking photographs of the scene Credit: ITV

Pathways and a block of flats in Warkworth Close were cordoned off, and forensics specialists examined the scene.

Forensic experts at the scene Credit: ITV