Fourth teenager charged over park stabbing
The 17-year-old victim suffered life-threatening injuries in the assault in Phoenix Park, in Hemlington, Middlesbrough, on 30 April.
Cleveland Police said an 17-year-old boy would appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court charged with attempted murder.
Three others, aged 17, 18 and 19, have also been charged with attempted murder in connection with the same attack.
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