A MAN appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, accused of trying to murder a 20-year-old who was stabbed at a party in Blackbird Leys.

Leonard Morrison, 36, of Bath Street, Oxford, was remanded in custody on a charge of attempting to murder Samuel Gray at the party in Pegasus Road on August 19.

Mr Gray remains in a critical condition at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.

Morrison will next appear on November 13.