05/10/2006

Man remanded over park stabbing

A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a girl in south-east London.

Peter Anscombe, a 28-year-old healthcare assistant from St Mary Cray in Kent, appeared at Bromley Magistrates Court charged with the attempted murder of Carly Furness, 17, on Saturday.

Miss Furness was stabbed as she cut through a park on her way to the shop that she worked in on Orpington High Street around 8:40am on Saturday morning.

She was stabbed in the neck and stomach and remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Mr Anscombe was also charged with assaulting another woman with intent to rob, four days before the attack on Miss Furness.

He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on January 11.

(KMcA)

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