Deer rampages through Oxford pensioner's house

A frightened deer ran rampage through an Oxford cul-de-sac, smashing ornaments and scratching furniture in a pensioner’s home.

Residents were astonished when a muntjac deer – nicknamed Asbo Bambis for their destructive sprees – sprinted into pensioner Enid Norris’ garden from Rose Hill Cemetery, before jumping through the patio door and racing around her home.



It then leapt over a six-foot fence into a neighbour’s garden before disappearing into the grounds of the Singletree sheltered housing complex. Mrs Norris, of Eleanor Close, Cowley, said: “It was about midday, and I was working in the back garden. The side gate was open and I heard a lot of commotion, then this animal came racing in.

“It ran right through the kitchen and the dining room, leaving broken ornaments and scratched furniture, and tried to jump out of the front window.” It leapt the fence into neighbour Stephen Davey’s garden. Mr Davey, 69, said: “There are quite a few of them in Rose Hill Cemetery but we’ve never seen anything like this before. It was quite a young deer and it was scared more than anything.”