A MAN has appeared in court accused of a stabbing in Mirfield.

Blake Johnson, 23, is charged with unlawful and malicious wounding likely to cause grievous bodily harm.

He is also charged with violent disorder.

As previously reported, Simon Mitchell, 26, was left soaked in blood after the daylight attack on the A644 Huddersfield Road in Mirfield on July 4.

He was slashed in the face with a knife in a vicious attack on a busy town centre road.

Johnson, of Parkside Road, Mirfield, appeared at Kirklees Magistrates Court sitting in Huddersfield yesterday.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Leeds Crown Court in the next seven days.