A 45-year-old man has been charges with two attempted robberies in Oxford.

Philip Atherton, of Abingdon Road, Oxford, was charged yesterday and is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today.

The charges follow an attempted robbery of a woman in Jowett Walk at around 10.45pm on August 5 and the attempted robbery of a man in Brasenose Lane at 9.30pm on September 18.

A second man, Jerome Carbon, 19, also of Abingdon Road, Oxford, has been charged with a public order offence of using threats of violence in connection with the Brasenose Lane incident.

He appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court yesterday and was remanded in custody.