Police are investigating a stabbing at a Crawley house party.

On Wednesday (1 June) at  9:20 in the evening, police received reports of a large and noisy party at a house in West Green Drive.

At the house officers found a local 18-year old man who had sustained a stab wound to his stomach. He was taken to East Surrey Hospital for treatment.

Enquiries into the stabbing are continuing and no arrest has been made at this stage.

Anyone with information is asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting serial 1560 of 01/06. Alternatively, call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 (www.crimestoppers-org.uk)