A 39-year-old man has appeared in court accused of badly hurting a man in a Witney pub fight.

David Hopkins, of Hazeldene Close in Eynsham, appeared at Banbury Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with grievous bodily harm with intent following the incident at The Red Lion in Corn Street in the early hours of Sunday.

Hopkins has been released on bail to appear at Oxford Crown Court on May 12.