Woman charged after four men stabbed in Covent Garden
Four men injured in the attack have since been discharged from hospital.
A woman has been charged following a stabbing in Covent Garden in which four men were injured.
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Stella Gollovena, 47, of no fixed address, was charged on Thursday, August 6, with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
She has been remanded in custody to appear at Highbury Magistrates’ Court this afternoon (Thursday, 6 August).
Officers were called at around 12.30pm on Wednesday to reports of a stabbing on Endell Street in Covent Garden, a busy tourist area filled with bars, theatres and restaurants.
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Four men – aged 34, 39, 42 and 56 – were found with stab wounds and taken to hospital.
Their injuries were all assessed as neither life-threatening nor life-changing, and they have since been discharged.
Police arrested a 47-year-old woman at the scene after responding to the incident within minutes.
An air ambulance helicopter landed in a packed Trafalgar Square on Wednesday afternoon, but London Ambulance Service, which was called out at 12.29pm, later said it had “treated four patients at the scene and took them all to a major trauma centre as a priority by road”.