A man’s been charged with attempted murder after a security guard was attacked and seriously injured at a Brierley Hill factory on Sunday.

44 year-old Lee Parsons appeared before Dudley Magistrates yesterday in connection with the assault on the 73-year-old guard at Stoke Forgings in Vine Street.

Parsons, of no fixed address, also faces an allegation of burglary. He was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on April 19.