A grandfather in his 80s has died in hospital after being stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife.
Police have confirmed the pensioner who was critically injured following an assault in Hockwold, between Thetford and Downham Market, has died in hospital.
Emergency services were called to Main Street on Thursday, February 29, just before 9am, following reports that a man had been stabbed in the neck.
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The victim, who has been named locally as Mervyn Moulton, was initially taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, in a critical condition after sustaining life-threatening injuries.
He was transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and later moved to the West Suffolk Hospital where he died on Thursday, March 7.
A Home Office post mortem will take place in due course.
Mr Moulton's grandson Ashley Francis, 26, and of Whittington Hill, King’s Lynn, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.
He was subsequently charged with attempted murder.
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Mr Francis was remanded in custody and appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court on Saturday, March 2.
He is due to appear at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday, April 2.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and are liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service.
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