A 58-year-old man has pleaded guilty to assault and criminal damage.

Stephen Lynch, of Clarendon Close, Abingdon, was charged with assault occasioning ABH, assault by beating and criminal damage to property under £5,000 at a house in Mulberry Drive, Wheatley, on Monday night.

Thames Valley Police said the charges relate to two victims.

He admitted the charges at Banbury Magistrates’ Court yesterday and was ordered to appear at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday, May 7, for sentencing.