A five-foot model bear stolen from outside an East Oxford barbershop is still missing, despite a ransom being paid for its safe return.
Owner Dennis Pratley, 61, donated £100 to SS Mary and John Primary school — next door to his Hertford Street salon — on Friday after the thieves posted a ransom note through his door.
But last night Mr Pratley, of Littlemore, said the bear had not been returned. He said: “The children at the school will be very sad when they see it is still not back.”
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