A man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in a Henfield street.

Shane Elliott, 32, a kitchen worker, of Aurum Close, Horley, Surrey, is to appear in custody at Crawley Magistrates Court today charged with the attempted murder of a 29-year old Steyning man who was sitting in his car parked on the Wantley Hill Estate, off London Road in Henfield, just before 6pm on Sunday.

The victim sustained serious knife injuries to his left arm and left hand, for which he is still receiving treatment at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

Police enquiries are continuing but the incident is not being treated as a 'stranger' attack.