Man and boy, 12, arrested after reports woman was threatened with knife in Peterborough

Police are treating the incident as an ‘isolated’ domestic incident.

Cambridgeshire Police said they were called at 8.38am yesterday (5 November), to reports of a domestic assault at a property in Gunthorpe, Peterborough, where it is reported a woman had also been threatened with a knife.

The police spokesperson said: “One man, aged 33, from Peterborough, was arrested on suspicion of ABH and possession of a knife.

“He has since been charged with actual bodily harm, assault by beating, possession of a knife in a public place, using violence to secure entry to a premises, threaten a person with a blade/sharply pointed article in a public place and two counts of threaten a person with an offensive weapon/bladed article in a private place.

“He was due to appear at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court this morning (6 November).

“A 12-year-old boy, from Peterborough, was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place. He has been bailed until 5 February 2026.

“No one was stabbed and it is being treated as an isolated incident of domestic nature.”