Five charged over Leeds stabbings

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    Police have charged five teenagers after a couple were stabbed in an attack in Leeds.

    18-year-old Javone Meade of Harland Square, Leeds has been charged with two section 18 assaults, violent disorder and possession of a bladed article. He was remanded to next appear at Leeds Crown Court on 2 May.

    A 15-year-old male, two 17-year-old males and a 15-year-old girl, all from Leeds, pleaded guilty to violent disorder. All were released on bail to appear at Youth Court on 29 April.

    One of the 17-year-olds was also charged with criminal damage and a separate assault.

    The victims, a 52-year-old male and a 47-year-old female, suffered serious but not life threatening injuries.

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