Police have arrested one person after a man was stabbed in the abdomen in Penzance on Tuesday afternoon.

Officers were sent to a property in Colinsey Road just before 2pm following a report of an assault, and found an injured 55 year old man.

He was taken to hospital where he remains recovering following surgery.

A local man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and was conveyed to Camborne custody centre, and has since been charged.