A 71-year-old man has been charged after police responded a report of a stabbing in North Staffordshire and a man was hospitalised.

Staffordshire Police has confirmed that Phillip Johnson, 71, of Werrington, has been charged with section 18 – wounding with intent.

Officers were called to a flat on Ravensmoor Road in Werrington shortly after 12.45am on Friday (9 October) by the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

They were called to a report of a man being stabbed.

A spokesperson for Staffordshire Police said: "The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he remains in a critical but stable condition today (Tuesday 13 October)."

Phillip Johnson appeared at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Saturday (10 October).

He has been bailed ahead of his next appearance at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 9 November.