Sussex stabbing: Man charged with attempted murder after woman stabbed 'multiple times'

Liam Hanley, 32, whom police are hunting following an attempted murder in Shoreham, West Sussex (Sussex Police)

A man suspected of attempting to stab a woman to death has been charged by police.

Liam Hanley, 32, will appear before court accused of the attempted murder of a 36-year-old woman in Shoreham Beach, West Sussex, on Tuesday evening.

Sussex police were alerted at 8.15pm to reports of a victim with multiple stab wounds, following the alleged attack at a property on Sussex Wharf.

She was taken to hospital in a serious, but not life-threatening condition.

The defendant, of no fixed address, was charged on Thursday night, police said.

He was due to go before Crawley Magistrates' Court on Friday, according to the force.

Press Association