Man charged with attempted murder after stabbing

Police were called to the Queen's Hill estate, in Costessey, on Monday afternoon

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a man and a woman were found seriously injured.

Norfolk Police said it was called to Blackhill Wood Lane, on the Queen's Hill estate in Costessey, near Norwich, at 16:15 BST on Monday.

Officers found a man in his 40s with knife wounds and a woman in her 30s with injuries to her head and arm.

A 32-year-old man charged with attempted murder, grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of a bladed article appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning and was remanded in custody.

He will appear at Norwich Crown Court on 25 September.

Police said the suspect and the two people injured - who were taken to hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries - were known to each other.