Oficers investigating the death of a man in Basingstoke have charged a man.
Kenneth George Walker, 63, of Tasmania Close, Basingstoke, has been charged with murder of Craig Laurie and the attempted murder of another person.
He is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 17.
Meanwhile, police have also arrested a third person in connection with the investigation.
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A 38-year-old man has also been arrested on Thursday, May 16 on suspicion of assisting an offender and is currently in police custody.
Officers were called by the ambulance service just before 9pm, on Sunday, May 12, to a report of a stabbing at an address in Tasmania Close.
Craig Laurie, 33, from Basingstoke, was confirmed deceased at the scene.
A second man, aged in his 30s and from Newbury, West Berkshire, sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.
Officers had arrested a 51-year-old woman from Basingstoke on suspicion of murder as part of this investigation.
She has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
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