A man has been charged following a stabbing in the state’s Central West today.
About 4pm (Monday 10 December 2018), police were called to a home on Brian Heber Grove, Mudgee, following reports a man had been stabbed.
On arrival officers found a 19-year-old man suffering a stab wound to his chest.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Mudgee Base Hospital, then flown to Westmead Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Officers from Orana Mid-Western Police District arrested a 24-year-old man at the scene.
He was taken to Mudgee Police Station where he was charged with reckless wounding.
He was refused bail and will appear in Mudgee Local Court tomorrow (Tuesday 11 December 2018).
The two men are known to each other.