A YOUNG man was stabbed three times during an argument after a night out.

Paul Regan, of Gordon Avenue, Deane, was at a friend’s flat in Heathfield Court, Deane, on Friday night when a scuffle broke out between his friends and a group of men in an opposite flat.

The 20-year-old was stabbed with a knife in his neck and shoulder, at 1.30am. The stab wounds were one inch deep.

Mr Regan was taken by ambulance to the Royal Bolton Hospital and released on Saturday evening.

Police are investigating the incident.