Overview

• On July 24, emergency services responded to the Cleveland Huntsman pub in Hemlington after a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and neck.
• Forensic teams maintained a cordon around the venue overnight as part of the ongoing investigation.
• A 45-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender was released without charge.
• Middlesbrough Council’s licensing sub-committee approved a police-led summary review on July 28, suspending the pub’s premises licence and removing its designated premises supervisor pending a full hearing on August 18.
• David Woodier, 62, appeared at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on July 26 charged with wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article and will next face Teesside Crown Court on August 26.