A chemist who left his victim with a ‘nasty’ injury after assaulting him in an Oxford bar will be sentenced in September.

Christopher Fox, 30, an industrial chemist, admitted brawling with the man in The Bullingdon, Cowley Road, on October 13, 2019.

Appearing before Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday, July 28, Fox, of Stert Street, Abingdon, pleaded guilty to affray.

His barrister, Audrey Mogan, suggested there had been some provocation from the victim.

Judge Maria Lamb set the case down for sentencing on September 10.

She said: “On the face of it, it certainly crosses the custody threshold. So I will, given the defendant is a man of no previous convictions, accede to the request for a pre-sentence report.”

The judge said she was not giving any indication as to what the sentence would be, noting the victim had received some ‘quite nasty injuries’.

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