A MAN is due in court following a stabbing in Southampton city centre. 

Samuel Woodford has been charged following an attack in London Road on Wednesday morning. 

A man in his 30s was hospitalised after suffering serious injuries in an attack outside the Tesco Express branch. 

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Woodford is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court today. 

The 31-year-old faces the following charges: 

-Possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place

-Grievous bodily harm with intent

-Assault by beating of an emergency worker, namely a police officer

-Four counts of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000

Woodford, of Delorme Street, Hammersmith, London, was arrested following an incident in Parsonage Road, Southampton, on Wednesday night.

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