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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

UNCOVERED: Church violated after thief snatches 140 year old bronze eagle sculpture from lectern - The Untold Story

St Augustines

This is the shocking moment a brazen thief walks through an empty church to snatch a priceless bronze eagle sculpture that people have worshipped in front of for nearly 160 years.

CCTV footage shared with The Independent and West Midlands Police appears to show a hooded man shielding his face as he walks calmly past the empty pews of St Augustine’s Church in Edgbaston at 11am on Monday.

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