A MAN has appeared in court charged with attempted murder.

Daniel Harris, 39, of no fixed address, appeared before before Crawley Magistrates' Court accused of shooting a 35-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman in Jersey Road in the Broadfield area of the town.

He was also charged with possession of a shotgun and criminal damage to a fence on July 23.

The victims were in a car when a man approached them at 8.50am. The 35-year-old man got out of the vehicle when a gun was fired. They drove off and the woman had a burst eardrum but the man was uninjured.

Anyone who witnessed the incident should call police on 101 or email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting Operation Yarrow.