34 live shotgun cartridges were found abandoned in a green
Nike bag in Christ Church Meadows last Friday. The cartridges were found by a resident of Oxford’s night
shelter who approached a constable in Bonn Square to hand over
his discovery. The man later showed the police the exact spot between Christ
Church gardens and the Meadows where he found the shells in an
abandoned hold-all bag. How the ammunition got to one of the most
picturesque spots in Oxford remains a mystery. PC Treherne, the
man to whom the shells were handed over said that in his five
years of working in Oxford he had “certainly never been
handed anything like this before”. There has been no sign as yet of a weapon and the
cartridges’ discovery have not been linked to any other
incidents or crimes so far, but the police are still
investigating the matter. Anyone with any information can contact
PC Treherne via the Thames Valley Police.ARCHIVE: 6th week TT 2004
Live ChCh Cartridges
