A 25-year-old man charged with murdering a father-of-two was remanded in custody today.

Christopher Philp, of Leiden Road, in Wood Farm, Oxford, appeared at Oxford Crown Court for a preliminary hearing.

The charge relates to the death of Stephen Pinker, 43, of Burford Road, Witney, who died after being stabbed in the neck outside the Corner House pub, in Hollow Way, Cowley, on Tuesday, March 26.

Philp was remanded in custody to reappear at the court on Friday, May 30 to enter a plea.