A 30-year-old man is to appear in court his morning charge with attempted murder.

The charge relates to an incident in which a woman was left critically injured.

The attack on the woman happened at a house in Thomas Russell Park in Downpatrick, Co Down, on Friday.

It is understood the woman has been living there with her young child for a number of years.

The man is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court today, Tuesday, December 6, for a first remand hearing.

Detectives are likely to oppose bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the offence.