A COURT date has been set for a man accused of standing outside a school playground to stalk a woman and her son.

Stuart Glen, 29, of Windrush Valley Road, Witney, has been charged with one count each of stalking involving fear of violence, possession of an offensive weapon, and possession of a pointed article.

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It is alleged that Glen had stalked a woman between March 21 and March 27 by turning up at her son’s school playground, following her after she dropped her son off, walking past her home shouting for a fight and then showing up outside her home with an axe.

He is also accused of setting off a fire extinguisher off outside her home.

Glen is now due in Oxford Magistrates’ Court on April 23.