A MAN has been charged with robbing a taxi driver in Oxford during the early hours of Christmas Day.

The driver had a jacket containing a mobile phone, Bluetooth headset and cash stolen during the incident at Nettlebed Mead, Greater Leys, at 1am.

Nathaniel Jackson, 27, from Birmingham, appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Boxing Day charged with robbery and was bailed to appear at Oxford Crown Court at a later date.