15/08/2011

Merseyside Stabbing Victim Named

Police have identified a woman who was stabbed to death at a house in Merseyside on Sunday.

Anne-Marie Cleary, a 41-year-old mother-of-two, was found at an address in Oarside Drive, Wallasey by paramedics around 2pm on Saturday.

She was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital, but later died.

A post-mortem revealed that she died from stab wounds.

A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Police are conducting a forensic examination at the scene and officers are carrying out house-to-house enquiries as the investigation continues.

Merseyside Police have asked anyone with any information to contact them.

(KMcA/GK)

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