Thieves steal 800 glasses and a wine barrel during wedding

Thieves have stolen 800 glasses and a wine barrel from outside an Oxford church after a wedding.

The glasses, which were a mixture of tumblers, champagne flutes and wine glasses, were stacked in crates outside St Aldates Church in Pembroke Square in Oxford. They were taken overnight.

Also taken was a wooden wine half-barrel with the words ‘Vina Tobia’ which was 1.5 metres high. The barrel and the trays holding the glasses were stamped with the company name ‘The Oxford Wine Company’.