SU loses hundreds of pounds’ worth of merchandise in series of burglaries from the Student Centre this month
Hundreds of pounds’ worth of YUSU merchandise has been stolen in a series of burglaries from the Student Centre. The recent thefts have led to an increase in preventative security measures deployed in the building.
YUSU Services and Finance Officer informed Nouse of the recent spate of robberies. He said: “A newly purchased banner was stolen from outside the Student Centre. It was suspended from the top of the building on rope and was pulled down in the middle of the night”, at the end of Freshers’?Week. The banner had cost YUSU £200. YUSU President Anne-Marie Canning has declared an amnesty over the issue, asking the thief to return the banner in return for no action being taken against them by the Union.
In addition, approximately 30 Viking Raid t-shirts were stolen from various locations around campus including the Student Centre and the Physics building over the course of Freshers’ week. The stolen t-shirts have cost the Union around £225 in potential lost revenue.
Burton said: “In future, we are going to be far more vigilant over where we store these t-shirts, who has access, and in general are having an office security audit to improve security measures and monitor access to the building”. The YUSU owned YOUR:SHOP franchise has also been affected by robbery.
A number of bottles of spirits worth approximately £60 were taken in the middle of the day. Weaknesses in security on campus and in University buildings has been an ongoing issue in the last year.
In November, 2006 there was a spate of burglaries in Goodricke, Halifax and James. In one incident a female Goodricke student returned to her room to find a man going through her belongings. A man was later arrested in Halifax.
