Sex crimes accused apparently stabs himself before trial starts

A US man reportedly stabbed himself just before he was to go on trial yesterday for sex crimes against a runaway who said she was secretly hidden in his home for a decade.

Thomas John Hose, 49, was hospitalised yesterday morning after he was found bleeding in his home, defence lawyer Jim Ecker said.

“He stabbed himself several times and he supposedly took some kind of medication,” Mr Ecker said before a judge issued a gag order in the case.