A 50-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged in connection with incidents on Friday morning when one man was stabbed and another attacked with a hammer.

Vincent Buckley, of Borrowdale Avenue, Blackburn, was sent in custody to Preston Crown Court charged with wounding Pascal Vahstall with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm, threatening Ur Rahmaan with a hammer and possessing a knife in a public place.