A 17-YEAR-OLD youth was due to appear in Hyndburn Magistrates Youth Court todaywith two 16-year-old boys following an attack on a man found unconscious in an alleyway.

The Accrington teenagers, who can not be named for legal reasons, have been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Andrew Myerscough, 32, of Accrington, was found with serious head and chest injuries in an alley at the back of Jacob Street, Accrington, on Wednesday evening.

Mr Myerscough suffered gross swelling to the left eye, swelling to the brain, internal bleeding and bruising and lacerations. His family today remained by his bedside in the Royal Preston Hospital, where his condition was described as stable.