Woman seen in distress in Norfolk found stabbed near Ipswich

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was found stabbed 50 miles (80km) from where she had earlier been seen in distress.

Norfolk Police said the woman was first seen in the Yarmouth Road area of Kirby Cane, near Loddon, at 08:40 BST on Monday, and was seen being driven away.

Suffolk Police then found her with stab wounds in Nacton, just outside Ipswich, almost three hours later.

Christopher Crichton, 32, from Essex, appeared before magistrates in Norwich.

Mr Crichton, from Park Street, Westcliff-on-Sea, who has also been charged with kidnapping, was remanded in custody and is due at Norwich Crown Court on 14 May.

The woman was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with serious injuries where she remains in a stable condition, police said.

Det Insp Tom Smith, from Norfolk Police, said it was believed the man and woman were known to each other.

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