A TEEN has appeared before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court today accused of attempted murder.

The 17-year-old boy from Dudley was arrested on Thursday in connection with an attack on a 65-year-old man who was stabbed on his doorstep on Owen Street, Kates Hill on Tuesday, February 24.

The unemployed teenager, also charged with one count of burglary, was remanded in custody to appear before Dudley Youth Court in March.

The man who was repeatedly stabbed in the upper body remains in a stable condition in hospital.