LATEST NEWS: Police identify and arrest man in connection with Ivegate stabbing

A TEENAGER has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after a man was stabbed in the neck in Bradford city centre last week.

A 17-year-old male from Bradford, who cannot be legally named due to his age, made his first appearance before the courts on Monday after being arrested last Friday and charged on Saturday.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge at Leeds Magistrates' Court.

The case was sent to Leeds Crown Court and the teenager was remanded in custody to appear there for trial on September 27.

Police were called to Ivegate at 5.46pm last Thursday and officers found a 48-year-old man who had a stab wound to his neck.

The victim was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and on Saturday he was still there with serious life-changing injuries, according to a spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police.

A 44-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released under investigation.

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