A Regina man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed while she was sleeping.
Regina police said they were called to a home in the 200-block of Froom Crescent on the morning of Dec. 5 for a report of an injured woman.
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She was found with numerous stab wounds. Police later determined she had been stabbed with a tool used in sheet metal work.
The 36-year-old woman was taken to hospital for treatment. There is no word on her current condition.
The man, who was living in the home as a renter, fled in his vehicle.
He was arrested near Virden, Man., after RCMP detained him when his vehicle went off the road.
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Wesley Jettediah Brookes, 18, was returned to Regina on Dec. 9 and charged with attempted murder.
He made his first appearance in Regina provincial court on Monday.
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