RESIDENTS of properties in Sterte Close yesterday spoke of their shock after two men were knifed in the back close to family homes.

Police were called in the early hours of morning and found two men both with stab injuries.

One remains in a life-threatening condition while the other suffered serious injuries. Both were taken to hospital.

One couple, who asked not to be named, said they don’t allow their young children to play outside after 6pm because of fears over drug addicts. “There are lots of problems with drugs,” they said.

“People leave syringes on the floor outside. It can be scary.”

Lynn Fisher said: “I had a call from my daughter early this morning - she’d seen it on the Echo website.

“It’s so close to home now.”

Another woman said: “My husband saw the police arrive in the early hours, but I didn’t hear anything at all.

“You don’t like to make any assumptions until you know a bit more about what happened.

“I hope everyone recovers.”