A FIFTY-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after an incident at a block of flats in St Julians in Newport.

Peter Wayne Adlington, of no fixed abode, made no indication of plea at a hearing at Newport Magistrates Court this morning.

Adlington is accused of attempting to murder Michelle Williams following an incident in Greenwood flats, at the junction of Monmouth Drive and Beaufort Road, on November 20.

Adlington was remanded in custody and will appear at Newport Crown Court on December 11.