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Three LMH Students’ Thursday Night Skinny Dip

Three drunken Lady Margaret Hall students jumped into a swollen stream for a naked swim around midnight, Thursday night of first week.

The police arrived at the canal near the Worcester Street car park in Park End Street at about 12:15 am after receiving word that a man was in the waters. Lifebelts were immediately thrown to three men in sight.

Two men grabbed the lifebelts and were promptly pulled out of the stream while one refused to be rescued and started swimming away. The third traveled about 300 yards being swept along by the currents. He passed beneath two bridges and a weir before the police managed to get a hold of him.

The swimmers were each fined £80 for their midnight dip.

PC Paul Philips of Thames Valley Police commented, “These students had clearly been drinking. They were naked and must have thought it would be funny to go swimming, but hadn’t realized the dangers and the strength of the water.”

“Once the students were in the patrol car, they sobered up pretty quickly and became quite apologetic,” he added.

See this week’s Cherwell for more in-depth coverage on the swimmers.

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