A MAN has appeared in court charged with causing two people actual bodily harm during an alleged knife attack.

Paul Jones, 39, of Sycamore Grove, Southend, was arrested following an incident in Sycamore Grove on Sunday.

A man received a stab wound to the hand and a woman received a cut to the head.

Jones appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court yesterday and will appear at Basildon Crown Court on April 18.