A man has been charged with two attempted murders after a report three people were assaulted.

Police and ambulance services were called to a property near Bonney Way, Swanley, on Wednesday, March 1, where a woman was treated for stab injuries.

A second woman received medical attention for a head injury and a teenage boy for a cut to his hand.

All three victims were taken to hospital and have since been discharged.

On the same day, a man who was known to the victims was arrested and taken into custody.

Gerard Parkinson, of Parkhill Road, Sidcup, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, as well as with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, on Thursday, March 10.

The 61-year-old appeared before Medway Magistrates' Court on Saturday, March 11, where he was remanded in custody until a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on April 7.