An Oxford man has admitted he hit a police officer outside the Headington Shark.

The incident took place on Saturday, July 20, as Juan Carlos Clarke of Luther Street allegedly assaulted a police officer on New High Street in Headington.

This happened just outside of the infamous Headington Shark house which has become a tourist hotspot since its overnight installation in the 1980s.

The Oxford landmark is a seven-metre fibreglass sculpture of a shark designed by John Buckley.

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It stands as a metaphor for helplessness and desperation amongst nuclear threat, having been inspired by the moment when the house owner, Bill Heine, heard American warplanes flying over Oxford on their way to bomb Libya.

Clarke was arrested and charged, subsequently pleading guilty to the assault of an emergency worker at Oxford Magistrates Court on Monday.

The 32-year-old will be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Monday, August 12.

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