A health carer has been remanded in custody charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm after a six-year-old girl was stabbed in the chest and her mother wounded in the hand.
Robert Knox, 28, of Russell Court, in Rowan Close on Guildford's Bellfields Estate, appeared before the town's magistrates.
Officers were called to an end-of-terrace house on the estate just after midnight on Thursday after neighbours heard raised voices.
The girl was taken from the scene in Rowan Close to the Royal Surrey County Hospital.
Her injuries were described as serious but Surrey Police later said her condition was comfortable and she was "doing well" in hospital.
The girl's 44-year-old mother, who had stab wounds to her hand, and her mother's partner Knox were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. She was freed without charge on Thursday night.
Neighbours described the injured girl as a "little angel" who would often be seen playing outside on the grass.
Knox will appear at Guildford Crown Court on June 23, police said.
