Appeal to trace female who stopped to help teenage boy stabbed in Corby underpass

Police are appealing for a good Samaritan who came to the aid of a 16-year-old boy who had been stabbed on Corby's Danesholme estate to contact them.

Between 10pm and 11pm on Tuesday, April 20, the teenage boy walked from the Danesholme estate towards the nearby Morrisions supermarket in Oakley Road.

A spokesman for Northants Police said: "As he walked through an underpass, he was approached by another male who stabbed him in the leg.

"A member of the public stopped to help the boy and phoned a taxi for him, which took him to Kettering General Hospital.

"Officers would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed this incident, and in particularly the female who stopped to help the boy.

"She is asked to contact them as a matter of urgency."

Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to call Northamptonshire Police on 101 quoting reference number 21000217186.

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