Magdalen has seen slightly too much of certain people
recently, after two separate incidents of indecent exposure were
reported this week. Police are still appealing for information from a young woman,
in her early twenties, who witnessed one of the incidents on the
perimeter of the College grounds. A man indecently exposed
himself to her last Friday morning in a field alongside Marston
Road and St Clements. She reported the incident to a porter at
Magdalen, but left without giving her details. A man arrested in
connection with the incident was on Tuesday released on bail
pending further enquiries. A police spokeswoman said to Cherwell
that, “officers are desperate to speak to the woman.”
She added that further action would be difficult without an
official complaint as officers only have second-hand evidence to
rely on. It is unclear whether the woman was an Oxford student. In a separate incident, Magdalen College students witnessed a
woman “flashing” opposite the College on Friday
evening. Magdalen Bridge and the fields surrounding Magdalen have
been a constant source of worry for students wishing to walk
through the area. A spate of attacks has taken place during the
year, but the exposures are an entirely new source of peril.
Magdalen JCR President, Christopher Guelff, stated that students
were given free rape alarms and encouraged to walk back to the
college in small groups. The College is continuing to work with
the council on the implementation of CCTV cameras covering the
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Magdalen ‘flashed’
