Two held after Devizes stabbing

7:46am Saturday 28th June 2008

By Jill Crooks

Two men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Devizes yesterday evening.

A man was airlifted to Great Western Hospital by the Wiltshire Air Ambulance just after 5.30pm.

The man, believed to be Barry Cooper, was stabbed at a block of flats in Victoria Road at 4.46pm.

The men are being held in separate custody units in the county.

Police cordoned off part of Victoria Road fer several hours after the incident while Scene Of Crime officers examined the flats.

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