FOUR relatives have appeared before magistrates charged with wounding after a man was allegedly hit on the head with a hammer.

Mohammed Younas, 30, of Willows Lane, Accrington, Yasar Ali, 30, Mohammed Shahida Rashid, 24, and Mohammed Balaal, 23, all of Ormerod Street, Accrington, are all charged.

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Younas is also charged with assaulting his wife Zeenab Rashid.

All four were sent to Preston Crown Court. Younas was remanded in custody and the other three on conditional bail.