A MAN has been stabbed in the leg this evening after an altercation in Gants Hill.

The man, believed to be middle-aged, was attacked in Frinton Mews at about 6pm.

He has been taken to hospital with a stab wound to his left leg.

No one is understood to have been arrested in connection with the stabbing at this stage.

Any updates on the incident will be posted as soon as they become available.