Two men have been charged with attempted kidnap after an incident in the Barrington Street area of Tiverton last week.

Cameron Ashton, 18, of Lumley Street, Liverpool, has been charged with assault and attempted kidnap.

Jonathon James Weston, 22, of Lakenheath Road, Liverpool, has been charged with attempted kidnap and driving a motor vehicle dangerously.

They appeared before Exeter Magistrates' Court on Friday, March 6.

At 6.30pm on Tuesday 3 March, a pedestrian, a local man in his late 20s, was involved in a collision with a van and an altercation is alleged to have taken place.