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09
Mar
Second man charged after knife attack in Melmerby
A second man has been charged following a knife attack near Ripon last year.
North Yorkshire Police officers were called to Melmerby at around 11.39pm on December 4 after a man in his 40s suffered a “serious knife wound” to his neck.
The force today (March 9) told the Stray Ferret Radk Szatkowski, 41, has since been charged with affray.
Police said:
A 41-year-old man from Wath has been charged with affray in Melmerby on December 4, 2025.
He has been bailed with conditions to appear at York Magistrates Court on April 7, 2026, at 10am in courtroom 2.
Gary John Holdsworth, 51, denied attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in a public place during a hearing at Leeds Crown Court on January 6.
Mr Holdsworth, of The Paddock in Melmerby, is alleged to have committed the offences at The George and Dragon Inn in Melmerby that same evening.
His trial, which is due to start on July 27, is expected to last three or four days.
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