A MAN has been charged with attempted murder after a security guard was seriously injured at a Brierley Hill factory.

Lee Parsons appeared before Dudley Magistrates Court this morning (Wednesday) in connection with the attack on the 73-year-old guard at Stoke Forgings, Vine Street, on Sunday (March 19).

The 44-year-old, of no fixed address, also faces an allegation of burglary.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on April 19.