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Man held over Oxford art dealer death released without charge | |
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A man arrested on suspicion of murdering an antique dealer in Oxford has been released without charge. | A man arrested on suspicion of murdering an antique dealer in Oxford has been released without charge. |
The body of Adrian Greenwood, 42, was discovered by his cleaner in the hallway of his four-storey house in Iffley Road on Thursday. | The body of Adrian Greenwood, 42, was discovered by his cleaner in the hallway of his four-storey house in Iffley Road on Thursday. |
He had been stabbed several times in the chest and neck. | He had been stabbed several times in the chest and neck. |
Thames Valley Police said a 26-year-old man being held on suspicion of murder was released without charge on Saturday afternoon. | Thames Valley Police said a 26-year-old man being held on suspicion of murder was released without charge on Saturday afternoon. |
A post-mortem examination confirmed Mr Greenwood died "following a vicious and sustained attack". | |
The murder weapon has not yet been found. | |
The last sighting of Mr Greenwood was at Sainsbury's supermarket in Oxford Road, Kidlington, at about 18:00 BST on Tuesday. | |
Police are appealing for people who knew him to come forward to enable detectives to build up a picture of his life and associates. | |
Det Supt Chris Ward said: "We know Mr Greenwood had a number of businesses so anyone that had dealt with him from a business point of view or anybody that had a personal relationship with him - we will treat all of that information sensitively. | |
"I think the answers lay in his personal life and his business connections and that's why I'm appealing for people to come forward that knew him". | |
Banksy auction | |
Mr Greenwood was an Oxford graduate who had written two historical biographies and traded rare and antiquarian books as well as art. | |
In 2011, he spoke to the BBC ahead of an auction of Banksy artworks in Oxford, where he sold a locked 1970s safe stencilled by the artist. | |
Mr Greenwood was also in the news in 2010 when his limited first edition of a Harry Potter book was stolen from an art gallery in Woodstock. | |
It was later found in a carrier bag outside a shop in Abingdon. |
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