Police detain knifeman (From The Oxford Times)

7:00pm Monday 4th June 2012 in News

A KNIFEMAN on the run sparked a major police search in Berinsfield.

Officers were called to Colne Drive at around 11.30am on Saturday to reports of a man who had run out of a house with a kitchen knife.

The police helicopter was deployed to the South Oxfordshire village, as well as a number of patrol cars, and a search of the area was carried out.

About half an hour later a man was detained under the Mental Health Act.

Thames Valley Police inspector Chris Evans said no one was injured during the incident.

Ken Hall, chairman of the parish council, said: “I had no idea what had happened.

“Berinsfield is a very nice place to live.

“I would hate for anything to give the village a bad name.”

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