A MAN pulled out a knife in front of two people outside a Sainsbury’s in Cowley Road on Wednesday, police said.

Between 5.30pm and 5.50pm a man approached a 15-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man.

Police said an altercation took place near to Stockmore Street and Temple Street in Oxford in which the man produced a knife, although he did not threaten anyone.

A member of the public intervened and the man with the knife left the scene.

Police are looking for a white man who is 6ft, slim, aged in his mid to late thirties with dark hair. He was wearing a red t-shirt and dark jeans.

Anyone with information should contact PC Sarah Watts from Cowley police station via the 24-hour enquiry line 101.