Officers from Croydon burglary squad managed to save the coursework of nearly a dozen pupils after thieves stole the computers it was saved on.

On July 31, thieves broke into Trinity School, Shirley Park, and stole four Apple Mac computers, which containted the A-level coursework.

After police were notified, the burglary squad were able to identify a host of potential suspects, which was then narrowed down to just a handful.

So far three suspects have been arrested for the thefts and the computers have been recovered, thankfully still containing all of the students’ coursework.

The three men arrested have not been charged and are helping the police with their enquiries.

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