A man accused of stabbing a female police officer in the neck during a violent confrontation in Adelaide’s north has also been charged with assaulting a nurse while under guard in hospital. WATCH ABOVE: Man hospitalised after stabbing police officer in the neck in Adelaide. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today ArrowPolice said the accused man had yet to be medically cleared for them to interview him, but that the charges were laid ex parte — meaning without him being notified or present. Police earlier revealed the accused man allegedly stabbed the female senior constable — a 39-year-old identified only as Jessie — after already being shot in the leg by her colleague. A man accused of stabbing a police officer is also accused of assaulting a nurse.