Suspect in Jarrow stabbing named

Police have been looking for David Sorlie. Credit: Northumbria Police

Police investigating a stabbing in South Tyneside are publicly appealing to the suspect to hand himself in.

At 6am on Saturday morning a man 29, was stabbed at Jarrow Metro Station.

It's believed David Sorlie, who is 31 and from Chichester Road in South Shields, is responsible for attack but despite extensive searches by police since the incident on Saturday morning he has escaped arrest.