Two men accused of stabbing a man in a park in Banbury have been denied bail.

Umar Bashir, 22, made a bid for bail at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday but it was refused by Recorder Rupert Lowe.

And co-accused Atique Akhtar, 20, applied for bail yesterday but was denied by the Recorder.

Bashir, of Woodfield, and Akhtar, of Fergusson Road, are charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm. They were charged after a 22-year-old man suffered a stomach wound in Moorfield Park this month.

Both are in custody.

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