Source: Telegraph
Calum Davenport: man charged with GBH after footballer attack
Worrell Whitehurst, of Finsley Walk, Derby, was charged after the 26-year-old player was allegedly stabbed in Bedford on Saturday.
Bedfordshire Police said Whitehurst was also charged with causing actual bodily harm to Davenport's 49-year-old mother, as well as driving whilst disqualified and possession of a bladed article.
He will appear at Bedford Magistrates' Court later on Monday.
A 19-year-old man arrested shortly after the incident was released on police bail pending further inquiries, police said.
The Premier League footballer's family said that doctors were fighting to save his left leg while they assess the severity of stab wounds to both of his legs.
A main artery in Davenport's left leg was reportedly severed, causing him to lose pints of blood, and he was forced to undergo emergency surgery.
It has been suggested that the footballer was involved in a family row shortly before the incident and that he had told his sister Cara, 28, who was also at the house at the time of the attack, that he "didn't like the crowd she was mixing with".
Two men were arrested following the attack on the West Ham player and his mother in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Davenport, 26, and his 49-year-old mother were both injured in the incident at her home in Bedford and taken to hospital.
A spokesman for Bedford Hospital said: "His condition is serious but stable and his mother is in a stable condition."
Davenport cost West Ham £3 million when he joined them from Tottenham during the summer of 2007.
He did not figure in the east London club's first game of this season, at Wolves last week and, after struggling to hold down a first-team place, has been linked with a move.
The Hammers said the club's thoughts were with the family. A statement added: "The club's medical team are in contact with hospital staff.
"The thoughts of everyone at West Ham are with Calum and his family."
