Man charged with second-degree murder after woman fatally stabbed near Montreal

A 53-year-old man was charged with second-degree murder on Monday in the stabbing death of his spouse on Montreal's South Shore.

A 53-year-old man was charged with second-degree murder on Monday in the stabbing death of his spouse on Montreal's South Shore.

The man appeared at the Longueuil courthouse to formally face the charge in the killing of a 51-year-old woman. The names of the accused and the victim are shielded by a temporary publication ban, which will be challenged by representatives of the media on Tuesday when the case is due back in court, according to the Crown prosecutor's office. 

The accused, in the meantime, remains in custody. 

Richelieu-Saint-Laurent police received a 911 call at 11:30 p.m. Sunday about the incident in a house on Ménard Street near Principale Street in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Que.

According to police spokesperson Jean-Luc Tremblay, the woman's two children were in the home at the time of the stabbing and one of them called 911.

The woman was transported to hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. The accused was arrested on site.

"They seemed to have been living together. They were together for a certain amount of time," Tremblay said. "We're speaking about a domestic incident."