Woman, 19, charged over teenage boy's stabbing

A 19-year-old woman has been charged with wounding with intent after a teenage boy was stabbed in Kent.

The victim, who is in his late teens, was attacked near Rectory Road, Sittingbourne, just after midnight on Thursday.

He was airlifted to a London hospital, where police said his condition was serious but stable.

The woman, who is from Sittingbourne, is due to appear before Medway magistrates on Friday.

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