A 28-year-old man from Bath has been remanded in custody after appearing at Bath Magistrates’ Court, charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in the city.
Matthew Jones, of Ivy Avenue, Southdown, appeared in court on Friday 1st March, and will next appear at Bristol Crown Court on 20th March.
Jones, a Sociology and History teacher at Frome College, was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a woman in her 20s in the Dransfield Way area of Oldfield Park in Bath on Monday 26th February.
The woman remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital following the attack.
Her family are being supported by officers.
Detectives continue to investigate what happened and are currently treating the stabbing as an isolated incident, having found no evidence of any wider risk to the public.
