A suspect has been charged after a man was taken to hospital with stab wounds.

Seth Sparks, 46, of Jubilee Crescent, Gravesend, will appear at Medway Magistrates' Court this morning.

He was charged with wounding with intent, threatening a person with a weapon and theft from a person.

Sparks was arrested on Wednesday night in Nansen Road, Gravesend, after a man was stabbed.

Officers attended with the ambulance service and the victim was taken to a London hospital with injuries "not believe to be life threatening".

Following a search a knife was seized.

The victim and suspect are known to each other.

Kent Police's Tactical Operations tweeted their police dog Parker helped to find the weapon.

The post said: "Parker was later called on for CAD 20-1880 following a knife crime in Gravesend, Parker and his handler conducted a property search and they have located the knife believed to have been used."