A man has been arrested after a "frightening assault" which left a 19-year-old victim in hospital with cuts to his head and eye.

The assault happened near Bodrum kebab house and Peri Peri Chicken in Cowley Road and a 28-year-old man has since been arrested and released on bail. 

The 19-year-old man has since been discharged from hospital following the incident which happened on Thursday.

An Oxford man has been arrested on arrested on suspicion of one count of theft from a shop, one count of possession of a controlled drug Class A, one count of Section 18 ABH, one count of possession of an offensive weapon and one count of assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm.