Detectives investigating a stabbing on a bus in North Finchley have charged a teenager with attempted murder and threatening a person with a bladed/ pointed article in a public place.

The 17-year-old was charged this morning, Monday, 11 March.

He is appearing at Brent Magistrates’ Court this morning.

At 16:41hrs on Saturday, 9 March, police were called to reports of a stabbing in Colney Hatch Lane, North Finchley.

Police and London Ambulance Service attended.

At the scene, a 19-year-old man had suffered a stab wound to the chest while aboard a route 134 bus.

The injured male was taken to an east London hospital by Air Ambulance, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.