A 22-YEAR-OLD man has admitted stabbing a student in Oxford's Cowley Road.

Benjamin Hepburn appeared at Oxford Crown Court and admitted a charge of causing grievous bodily harm.

Matthew Hope was stabbed outside the Hobgoblin pub shortly after 4am on October 14.

Hepburn, of Spooner Close, Headington, was remanded in custody on Friday until he appears to be sentenced on Friday, November 12.