Stabbed policeman out of intensive care

The Hamilton policeman stabbed four times in the back and shoulder is making good progress and is out of intensive care in Waikato Hospital.

Acting Sergeant Andrew Grice, 34, was stabbed at a Fairfield house in Hamilton about 6.30pm on Wednesday when he was called to a domestic incident.

He had a punctured lung and injuries to his shoulder, back and arm. Today he was in a stable condition in a ward at the hospital after being moved out of the hospital's high dependency ward.

The 31-year-old man alleged to have stabbed him appeared in Hamilton District Court yesterday charged with attempted murder.

He was remanded in custody during the hearing which was closed to the media and the public and held in a court cell.

Judge Russell Callander remanded the man in custody without plea for a psychiatric assessment.

The man also faced charges of escaping custody and breaching a protection order. He will reappear in court on May 24.

- NZPA