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.