Arrest after fatal stabbing
PA Hamilton
A young married man will appear in the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton todav on a charge of murder, 'after the stabbing of a youth in Hamilton late on Saturday evening.
Brian Edward Smith, aged 17, died from multiple stab wounds at his home in central Hamilton about 11.20 p.m.
The police will not release details of the incident, but it is believed that the accused, aged 21, was visiting the house when the incident occurred.
The police have taken possession of a kitchen k’-ife.
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