Two young men have appeared in court over the stabbing of a 22-year-old man in a park.

Atique Akhtar, 20, and Umar Bashir, 21, were arrested after the victim was stabbed in the stomach in Moorfield Park close to noon on Thursday.

Akhtar, of Fergusson Road, and Bashir, of Woodfield, appeared at Banbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with grievous bodily harm with intent.

They were remanded in custody to appear at Oxford Crown Court on Friday.

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