A 30-year-old man is to appear in court today (Tuesday June 30), charged with attempted murder following a stabbing that left a teenage girl in a critical condition.

Lee Jeffries-Jones, of no fixed address, is to appear at South Somerset Magistrates Court charged with three counts of attempted murder, assault by beating, two counts of affray, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of drugs.

This was in connection with an incident in King Arthur’s Drive in Yeovil on Sunday night when a teenage girl was stabbed