A WOMAN has been charged after a man was stabbed.

Elizabeth Bilsbury, 33, of no fixed abode, was arrested after a 24-year-old man was found with a stab wound to his body at around 2.45pm on Tuesday, July 10 at Lowther Drive in Leigh.

The victim was taken to hospital to treat his injury.

The defendant was later charged with a section 18 assault, known as grievous bodily harm.

She has been remanded in custody until she is due to appear at Bolton Crown Court on Thursday, August 9.