POLICE have remained at the scene following the stabbing of a security guard outside a Sedgley pub last night.

A man in his 60s was injured in the incident which happened outside The Swan Inn at around 10.20pm but his condition is not believed to be life-threatening.

Police say there is believed to have been a dispute involving a group of men at the entrance to the pub in Gospel End Street.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We're investigating after a security guard suffered a stab wound outside The Swan Inn, Gospel End Street, Sedgley, at about 10.20pm yesterday.

"The man, in his 60s, was taken to hospital for treatment to an injury to his abdomen which is not believed to be life-threatening.

"We're in the early stages of the investigation but it is understood that there was a dispute involving a group of men at the entrance to the pub.

"Officers remain at the scene and are reviewing CCTV footage as we seek to trace whoever is responsible."

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact police via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk, call 101, or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting crime number 20/451384/21.