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A woman has been re-arrested after a man was killed in Bolton last December.
On Sunday 30 December 2018, shortly after 12.50am, police were called to reports that a man had been stabbed at a house on Montserrat Road in Bolton.
Officers attended and 49-year-old Paul Dickson was taken to hospital in a critical condition. He sadly died on Friday 11 January 2019A 35-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder. She has since been bailed pending further enquiries.
Detective Inspector Damian Threader, of GMP’s Bolton division, said: “Whilst it has been nine months since this tragic incident I want to stress that our enquiries have not stopped.
“This week we have been able to make a further arrest, which I hope shows that we are working hard to establish exactly what happened on that fateful evening.
“We are urging anyone who may hold vital information to think back to December of last year and please get in touch if you think you can assist us with our investigation.”
Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 5757 quoting incident number 94 of 30/12/2018, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.