Police are today appealing for witnesses after a 52-year-old woman was stabbed at her home.

The woman was stabbed in the leg at a house in Down Road, Teddington, at about 8pm yesterday.

An ambulance was called to the scene and took the woman to hospital, a London Ambulance spokesman revealed.

Police are appealing for information about the incident and urged any witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information should call Detective Constable Gareth James in the violent crime unit at Teddington police station on 020 8247 5836 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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