A WOMAN has been charged with stabbing a man in Hove.

Katherine Bruzas-Quinn, 32, allegedly slashed the 45-year-old victim outside the Co-op store at Ridgeland House in Dyke Road on Saturday night.

The man was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where he remains in a serious but stable condition.

The stabbing happened at about 9.15pm.

Dressmaker Bruzas-Quinn, of Vernon Terrace in Brighton, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

She appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court today, but did not enter a plea.

Bruzas-Quinn has been remanded in custody to appear at Lewes Crown Court on March 12.

Anyone with information about the attack should call Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 1160 of 10/02.