One due in court today over Nelson homicide

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A person is due to appear in court today in relation to a homicide in Nelson at the weekend.

Police were called to a domestic incident in Toitoi Street yesterday morning where a man and a woman had been stabbed.

They launched a homicide inquiry after the man died that afternoon at Nelson Hospital.

The woman who was stabbed remains in hospital in a stable condition.

One person is in police custody and will appear in the Nelson District Court today facing charges in relation to the incident.

Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the matter.