A 23-year-old man has been charged with punching a teenager in the face in a robbery.

John Phelan, of Oliver Road in Cowley, has been charged with assault and intent to rob after the 18-year-old man was hurt in an incident on Monday in Crescent Road in Cowley.

Phelan has been released on bail to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, October 14.

Thames Valley Police said nothing was stolen in the robbery.

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