A hotel barman was stabbed in an Oxford street after an argument with a stranger in a bus queue, a jury heard today.

Oxford Crown Court heard Ahmed Aw-Adam, 32, slashed Raoul Ntaganya's arm during a fight in Howard Street, East Oxford.

Henry James, prosecuting, said Aw-Adam followed Mr Ntaganya after the pair got off a bus in Cowley Road last February.

Mr James said the dispute started after Mr Ntaganya, who later needed surgery, tried to shelter from the rain while waiting for a bus in the city centre.

He said: "He tried to shelter in a doorway where there was another man blocking the doorway and he asked him to move."

The court heard Aw-Adam, of no fixed address, swore and refused to move - prompting Mr Ntaganya to try to start a fight with him as they got off the bus.

Mr Ntaganya told the court Aw-Adam followed him as he made his way home.

Mr Ntaganya, who was 21 at the time, said he kicked Aw-Adam in the leg and punched him twice in the face - but didn't realise he had been stabbed until he got home.

Mr Ntaganya admitted he had been drunk and wanted to start a fight, but denied he had followed Aw-Adam.

Colin McCarraher, defending, said Aw-Adam, who denies wounding with intent, had tried to avoid a fight as he was frightened.

The trial continues.