A MAN was stabbed as he walked home from a night out.

The 33-year-old victim was walking along Fobbing High Road towards his home in Corringham at 4am yesterday (Sunday 13th) when he was approached by an assailant who stabbed him in the stomach several times.

Paramedics took the man to Basildon Hospital where he is said to be in a stable condition.

For full story see today's Echo.