A 56-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman have been charged with beating up a lorry driver.

Albert Matthews, of Grendon Road, Earl Barton, Northampton, and Eileen Rawlins, of West Park Road in Lingfield, Surrey, have both been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the attack on the 50-year-old man in Culham Road, Abingdon, in October.

The suspects have been bailed to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on March 4.