Man charged with stabbing woman in DV attack at Kirwan house party

An illegal house party ended in devastation when a young woman was stabbed at the hands of her partner, requiring critical care.

Inspector Roger Whyte said a man ad been charged with allegedly stabbing a woman at a Kirwan house party.

A woman was found bleeding on the floor after an illegal house party ended in devastation.

Emergency services were called to the Easterbrook Crescent home in Kirwan just after 6am on Mother’s Day following reports of a stabbing.

Paramedics treated the 18-year-old for stab wounds to her abdomen before transporting her to Townsville University Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Inspector Roger Whyte described the scene of the alleged stabbing at a Kirwan house party as being gruesome.

Inspector Roger Whyte, of the Western Patrol Group, said the scene of the crime was horrific.

“Police get called (to the address to find) a female … person lying on the floor, blood everywhere,” he said.

An 18-year-old Mount Louisa man was arrested after he was found hiding in bushes.

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District Duty Officer Acting Sergeant Robert Dusha said the man was found in scrub land behind the Bunnings at the Domain shopping centre.

“There was a sighting of the alleged offender at Greg Jabs Drive (in Mount Louisa), in scrub land behind Bunnings,” Sgt Dusha said.

“And with some quick police work we were able to apprehend him. The male’s fast movements weren’t as good as the cordons he attempted to breach.”

The man was charged with wounding (domestic violence offence) and breaching bail.

Acting Sergeant Robert Dusha said the alleged offender could not escape police cordons. Picture: Evan Morgan

Mandy Thompson of the North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Centre said while she couldn’t comment on specific cases, any domestic and family violence related assaults couldn’t be tolerated.

“It shocks me to hear about this every time and I hope this young woman is okay,” Ms Thompson said.

“We’ll continue to fight to stop domestic and family violence and our sector lives in hope that we will see a change in our community.

“We don’t want to see any more women being seriously hurt or murdered in Townsville.”

Ms Thompson said there has been an increase of help sought for domestic and family violence since the start of COVID-19 restrictions and pleaded for people to continue reaching out.

“We are seeing the impacts of long-term isolation and also seeing an increase in support for domestic violence because of the circumstances they’re finding themselves in their home,” she said.

“We want people that are behaving in ways that are hurting people they love to reach out – there’s no shame in reaching out for help.”

The 18-year-old woman remains in hospital in a stable condition.

Sgt Dusha said although the gathering was likely to be in breach of strict COVID-19 social distancing measures but given the nature of the incident no charges were laid in relation to them.

“She was in a pretty serious condition (and) our policing priority was protection of life,” he said.

Originally published as Man charged with stabbing woman in DV attack at Kirwan house party