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Three deny attempted murder after teenager stabbed

Ant Saddington/BBC Two police cars are parked behind a blue and white police cordon. Two police officers stand between the cars talking to each other.Ant Saddington/BBC
Emergency services attended the scene in Abington Street on 19 May

Three people have pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after a teenage boy was stabbed in a busy town centre shopping area.

Police said the 17-year-old was seriously injured at the junction of Abington Street and Fish Street in Northampton at about 17:10 BST on Monday, 19 May.

Hamza Zaki Sharif, 23, of Simons Walk in Northampton, and a 16-year-old, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to being in possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, while a 17-year-old boy denied that charge.

All three were remanded in custody and a trial date was set for 3 November.

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