NEIGHBOURS have spoken of their shock after two people were stabbed in Beeston.
Police were called to a house in Alexandra Crescent, off Queens Road, at around 5.40am on Saturday to find a man with stab wounds to his body and a woman with wounds to her hand.
They carried out house-to-house inquiries in the area and arrested a 27-year-old man.
Luke Nicholson, of Meadow Road, Beeston Rylands, has been charged with the attempted murder of a 25-year-old man and with causing grievous bodily harm to a 23-year-old woman.
He was due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court today.
Police say the woman has been discharged from hospital but the man remains at the Queen's Medical Centre in a stable condition.
Robert Womersley, 33, of Stapleford, was babysitting in a house close to the property where the two victims were found.
He arrived in Alexandra Crescent at 11.30am on Saturday to find the row of houses surrounded by police cars, vans and officers.
He said: "I've been coming here for seven years and never seen anything like this.
"It's not good. I was shocked. It's the sort of thing you don't see every day.
"You hear about incidents like these on the news but when it happens on your doorstep, it's shocking."
A 26-year-old woman, who lives opposite the house, which was cordoned off on Saturday, said she feared for the safety of her six-year-old son following the incident.
She said: "I have to get up at 5.30am for work, so when I woke up, I saw two police cars and the blue lights of the ambulance.
"I heard a baby cry and saw the officers were talking to each other and also using their walkie-talkies.
"I was shocked to wake up to a sight like this. I immediately assumed someone was hurt.
"It's definitely not something you want to happen just before Christmas.
"Luckily, my little boy wasn't here to see any of it.
"I just hope the victims will be OK in time for Christmas. My thoughts go out to them."
Another resident of the same road said he was shocked at the news.
The 48-year-old man said: "I've lived here for nearly 20 years and I have never seen anything like this before."