A MAN has been charged after an attack outside a closed pub in Vange.
Police were called to Clay Hill Road, near the closed Barge pub, shortly before 8.10pm on Saturday, to reports a man had been stabbed.
The 25-year-old victim was taken to hospital with a stab wound to his lower back.
His injuries were serious but not life-threatening, an Essex Police spokesman said.
Joshua Acheampong, 20, of Swanstead, Basildon, has been charged with GBH and is due to appear at Basildon Magistrates' Court today.
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