A 35-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted child abduction after incidents involving girls.

Dwayne Blackstock, also known as Dwayne Sheppard, of Goodrest Croft, Birmingham, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court yesterday (Tuesday September 24).

He was charged with three counts of attempted child abduction and was remanded in custody until a plea and trial preparation hearing on October 22, at Birmingham Crown Court.

It comes after police were alerted to an incident involving one girl in Coseley and then a second incident in Coseley involving two girls on Sunday (September 22) evening.