Four arrests as man, 27, dies after stabbing

A Cleveland Police van is parked between two rows of terraced housing with a grass area in between. Police tape can be seen cordoning off the scene.Image source, BBC/Louise Hobson
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The attack happened at Westerton Green in Stockton

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Four people have been arrested in connection with a stabbing which left a 27-year-old man dead.

Macaulay Branighan died in hospital on Wednesday morning after he was stabbed in Westerton Green, Stockton, on Sunday 12 October.

A 21-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder, while another man, aged 25, remains in police custody.

Two men aged 22 and 24, who were arrested in connection with the stabbing, have been released on police bail.

Police are appealing to anyone with information to come forward.

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