A 16-year-old who allegedly escaped police custody is due to appear in court tomorrow.

Two other 16-year-olds were assaulted by a youth near the Tesco store in Grove last Wednesday but the youth is said to have escaped police custody, leading to a manhunt involving a police helicopter.

A teen, who cannot be named, was arrested the same night and is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, obstructing a police constable, theft of a pair of handcuffs and criminally damaging a police car.

He was remanded to a youth detention centre by Oxford magistrates on Friday and is to appear in court again tomorrow.