A 38-year-old man has been charged with assaulting police officers and criminal damage, after a man attacked a patrolling police car with a piece of wood, smashing a side window.

The incident happened in Marsh Lane, Marston, on Monday at about 12pm after two officers saw a man holding a large piece of wood and stopped to talk to him. He also allegedly assaulted a police officer.

Police are anxious to trace people who either saw the incident or may have been approached or threatened by a man in the Marston area of Oxford over the last few weeks.

Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact Thames Valley Police on 0845 8 505 505 quoting reference 564 of 220906 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

The man who was arrested appeared before Oxford magistrates and was remanded in custody.