One young offender is in custody and has been charged after a weekend stabbing in Fort St. James.
Charges resulted after early in the morning on April 7, RCMP were called to the scene of a family dispute in which one male and one female victim had suffered stab wounds.
Initially the accused was charged with assault causing bodily harm and attempted murder, but the charge was later downgraded by crown counsel to aggravated assault.
Five RCMP member attended the scene after the two responding officers requested backup and ambulance services also attended to take the two victims to hospital in Vanderhoof, as the Stuart Lake Hospital emergency room was closed at the time.
The one female victim suffered knife wounds to the head and neck as well as some defensive wounds to her hands and arms. She was admitted to the hospital overnight and has since been released to recover at home.
The second male victim was treated in Vanderhoof and released the same night.
