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Paintings stolen from Blyth Centre

Students urged to contact security with information.

Paintings stolen from Blyth Centre
One of two paintings stolen from the Blyth Centre.

Two paintings have been stolen from the Blyth Centre Gallery in the Sherfield Building, according to Naomi Anderson-Eyles, the centre’s administrator.

“We are offering an amnesty to whoever took the paintings. Could you please return them to security, the police or myself?” she said.

Anderson-Eyles urged students to notify security if they “saw anyone suspicious inspecting or removing paintings from the walls”.

The Metropolitan Police have opened a report to investigate the crime.

Anderson-Eyles can be reached at n.andersoneyles@imperial.ac.uk.

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