A New Grant man is recovering from multiple stab wounds after being attacked on Friday afternoon in a suspected case of jealous rage. The alleged attacker, of Mappapire Road, Whiteland, also injured a responding police officer and damaged police property during his arrest.

According to police reports, around 1:20 p.m. 44-year-old Daron Weeks, a labourer of 6th Company Road, New Grant, was along Bonne Aventure Road in Gasparillo when he was confronted by the suspect who reportedly accused Weeks of "watching his wife" before launching a knife attack.

Weeks sustained several stab wounds to his back during the altercation. There was a struggle and he eventually managed to disarm the suspect and fled to the Gasparillo Police Station, where he reported the incident.