POLICE have charged a 35-year-old man on four counts after a car smashed into a village post office.

Stuart Healey, of Botley Road in Oxford, is set to appear at Oxford Magistrates Court today to face charges of burglary, driving above the alcohol limit, dangerous driving and assaulting an on-duty constable. 

It comes after Drayton Post Office and Stores was wrecked by a silver Honda Accord which crashed into the front of the shop at 3am yesterday morning, prompting a police appeal for witnesses who saw a driver "erratically" fleeing.

Thames Valley Police said the car which hit the shop in The Green zoomed off through Abingdon and Wootton, where it forced a motorcyclist to stop, then fled onto the A420. Police caught up with it in Ducklington.

The force said "a small amount of alcohol" was snatched during the burglary.

Investigating officer, PC Mark Allmond from Abingdon police station, said: “I am keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the silver, Honda Accord as it drove from Drayton to Ducklington. I am especially keen to speak to the driver of the motorcycle in Wootton.

"People may remember as the car was being driven erratically and I am thankful no one was injured.”

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Yesterday morning glass lay shattered on the pavement next to a car bumper at the post office and convenience store. 

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Picture: Colin Dobson

Anyone with information can ring Thames Valley Police on 101.