Owen Peter Scott accused of intending to murder girls aged seven and eight and two baby boys by crashing into pub wall near Barnsley

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A man has been charged with the attempted murder of four children, including two babies, after the car he was driving them in smashed into the wall of a pub.

Owen Peter Scott is accused of the attempted murder of two girls aged seven and eight, and two baby boys, aged nine months and 21 months. He was also charged with one count of dangerous driving.

Scott appeared at Sheffield magistrates court on Saturday morning and was remanded in custody.

All four children were taken to hospital after the car he was driving smashed into the wall of a pub near Barnsley in South Yorkshire at 12.25am on Wednesday.

The children’s injuries were “not all thought to be consistent with the collision”, according to South Yorkshire police.



Police said the car had been travelling along the A629 when it left the road and hit the front wall of the building.



All four children remain in a serious condition in hospital.

