Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 20 – 26 April.
Don’t forget the London Road will be closed overnight between Headington and the Green Road roundabout for the next 4 nights. The closure is from 8pm to 6am. Buses will divert via Windmill Road, The Slade and out onto the Eastern Bypass back to the roundabout.
It turns out to be a rather crime-rich collection of headlines this week. Here goes — —
On Tuesday a man was found with stab wounds in a car parked in North Way, Barton. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries, and police launched a murder investigation. A man was arrested on suspicion. Matters then get a little strange. Police mounted an operation in Kelburne Road, Cowley on Thursday and a second arrest was made. Another operation then took place in nearby Mayfair Road, and another man was arrested. Both men appeared separately in Oxford Magistrates Court on Saturday, where it emerged that Rafal Stawski of Mayfair Road had been charged with the Barton murder, and Marek Hndia of Fettiplace Road, Barton was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery against Stawski. Police are taking no further action against the original man arrested in connection with the murder. Both the accused men have been remanded to Oxford Crown Court on dates in May. Whether or not the two alleged crimes are related we probably won’t know until the crown Court hearings, if then, unless the police make any further statements.
Police have released an e-fit of a man they want to question in connection with an assault and robbery in Wood Farm on 4 April (see HH 208).
On Tuesday two men were convicted and jailed for six years and three months for an armed robbery at Stan James Bookmakers at the Roundway last April (see HH 155). The Oxford Mail report queries how the Lord Mayor of Oxford and two city councillors gave the men personal references.
And finally (whether or not it was in OX3) three men were arrested and a man was taken to hospital after an alleged incident of GBH in South Park on Tuesday.
In other news — —
The BBC’s Sunday Politics show last Sunday came from Old Headington parish hall. Was anyone from Headington there?
Setting up for the show. Photo: Penny Fox, via @headingtonnews
The Marston parking survey (see HH210) has been delivered to local residents.
Active posts on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:
- Access road from Barton to Northway Estate
- Quarry Gate pub
- Headington Neighbourhood Planning
- London Road “Improvement” Scheme
- New student development at top of Latimer Road
- St. George’s day in Headington