A 42-YEAR-OLD decorator has been charged with grievous bodily harm after an attack which left a man needing stitches in his face.

A man in his 50s spent a night in Queen Mary's Hospital, in Sidcup, after the assault outside the Portobello pub, in London Road, West Kingsdown.

Stephen Dickenson, of Chatsworth Road, Dartford, was arrested on September 6 and charged with the offence as well as damaging property.

The 52-year-old victim suffered several cuts and bruises in the attack on July 9 at about 10.30pm.

Dickenson will appear before Dartford magistrates on Friday, September 14.