Maddington stabbing: Woman charged with murder after allegedly stabbing man to death in Perth
A woman has been charged after a man was allegedly stabbed to death.
Emergency services were called to a house in Maddington, 21 kilometres south-east of Perth’s CBD, at around 8.20pm on Tuesday night following reports of a fight.
The police will The man was stabbed in the leg, after which the woman reportedly fled.
Police performed CPR on the seriously injured man until emergency services arrived, The Western Australian reported.
He was rushed to Armadale Hospital where he later died of his injuries.
The 49-year-old woman was arrested a short time later near the crime scene.
Dunnell St in Maddington remained cordoned off on Wednesday after a man was reportedly stabbed to death
Police suspect that the two knew each other.
A shocked witness told Seven News the man tried to stop the bleeding from the wound with his hands before collapsing.
The Collie woman from the state’s southwest was charged with one count of murder.
She will appear in Perth District Court on Thursday.
Homicide detectives spent much of Wednesday at the crime scene, at the end of a dead-end street, hours after the alleged murder.
Homicide detectives have spent many hours at the crime scene (photo) since Tuesday evening
Both ends of the street were cordoned off as forensic investigators processed the crime scene.
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