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A woman was stabbed to death as she tried to “break up a fight” between two men at a pub Karen Dempsey was stabbed on Cherryfield Drive in Kirkby shortly after 10pm on Monday, August 22.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing and the woman, who was in her 50s, was found with a stab wound to her chest in a car park.
According to a local, she was trying to stop two men from fighting in a service road behind the Brambles pub.
He said: “The men were asked to leave the Brambles pub because they were arguing. They both went behind the pub and had a fight.
“Karen went out and tried to break up the fight, when she was stabbed.”
He added that she was a Liverpool FC fan who had come into the pub to watch the Manchester United game.
The man described her as a “lovely person” and said “she was devoted to her grandchildren.”
Friends have taken to Facebook to mourn her.
It has been reported that a man in his 30s also suffered puncture wounds to his arm and body.
He is being treated for his injuries in hospital.
Police have confirmed that a 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after he handed himself in.
