Police have charged a 17-year-old boy after an alleged stabbing in Kempsey.
A 21-year-old man presented at Kempsey Base Hospital on Monday afternoon with stab wounds to his chest and back and was flown to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.
Police established a crime scene in a car park on Smith Street, Kempsey, and arrested a 17-year-old in West Kempsey on Tuesday morning.
He was taken to Kempsey police station and charged with wounding a person with intent to commit grievous bodily harm, being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence and affray.
The boy was refused bail to appear before a children's court on Wednesday.
Both males are believed to be known to each other.
Police said on Wednesday morning that the man remained in a serious but stable condition.
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