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The break-in is thought to have occurred on Saturday morning between 1.30am, when a group of freshers left the JCR, and 2am when college welfare tutor Tom Penkethman went into the college to collect a takeaway delivery and reported the break-in.
Derwent chair Matt Jenkins told The Yorker that the college has “absolutely no idea” who is responsible.
“I've repeatedly, before and after the event, stated how unsecure Derwent is,” Jenkins said.
“Until the University start listening there's little at all I can do. All I can do at a student level is to encourage security by locking doors and closing windows.”
He expressed his concern at the lack of communication between himself and the university: “no one has contacted myself in any capacity, and quite frankly, no one seems to care.”
Jenkins added that this is the second recent break-in at Derwent. Over Easter a projector and speakers were stolen from Derwent Bar.
“We are clearly a target and little has been done in short-term prevention,” Jenkins said.
The robbery has been reported to the Police and the University Security Department, who will both review the incident and the college’s security fully.
Surely there's cctv that covers the area, at least partially.
apparently it wasn't clear enough to see who the people were...
Burglary! Theft! Misappropriation! Not robbery!
My days of committed pedantry ended long ago, but this particular error (also made by Vision) really winds me up. Robbery involves force of arms. Robbery is when someone goes up to you with a gun and says, "Give me all of your money." Robbery is when you force someone to give you something. Burglary is when you sneak into a building and steal something without anyone knowing.
Come to that, this wasn't a break-in, either. What actually happened was that someone left the door open.
Well argued Justin! I hadn't actually processed the use of 'robbery' mentally, but yeah, that is sort of a glaring error. I'm surprised no one's changed it yet.
The term has now been corrected on both 'Vision' and 'The Yorker'. I am at once proud and ashamed.
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