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

Christopher Philp, of Leiden Road, 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 in Witney, who died outside The Corner House pub in Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford, on Tuesday, March 26.

Philp was remanded in custody to reappear in court on May 30 to enter a plea.