Formby stabbing: Second man charged over attack on boy

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The teenager was stabbed in School Lane, near to Our Lady of Compassion Church

A second man has been charged after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed near a church.

The boy was attacked on School Lane, near Our Lady of Compassion Church, in Formby, Merseyside, on 8 March.

He was taken to hospital and has now been discharged.

An 18-year-old man, of Kirkby, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery, possession of a bladed article in public and theft of a pedal cycle.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Wirral Magistrates' Court later.

An 18-year-old man, of Seaforth, was previously charged with robbery, possession of a bladed article and possession of a Class B drug.

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