Published: June 22, 2009
Man appears in court after Burnham-On-Sea stabbing

A man has appeared in court today (Monday June 22nd) following an early morning stabbing at this road junction in Burnham-On-Sea on Saturday.

Burnham-On-Sea.com was first to report how four people had been arrested in connection with the stabbing at the junction of Cassis Close and Burnham Road, which occurred at 3.30am.

On Monday, Paul Ball, a 26-year-old from Church Street in Highbridge, appeared at Taunton Magistrates Court after being charged with assault and possession of a bladed article.

Three other people - two aged 17 and one aged 18 - have been released on police bail pending further investigation.

On Saturday morning, blood was found across the tarmac - and several teams of police and scene of crime investigators were seen gathering evidence, as pictured here.

A male aged 21 suffered an injury to his arm and was taken to Weston General Hospital, where he was in a stable condition.

Later in the day, police marked out four areas across the junction where blood had been found

Blood was clearly visible next to each of the markers at the road junction