Stealing Lead Off Church Roofs

Copper thieves up the ante with chainsaws thieves are used to taking a few risks to steal lead off church roofs.

Stealing lead off church roofs.

A man who went to steal lead off a church roof found he had been beaten to it. It s estimated they took as much of 20 tonnes of lead. Police arrived in time to catch the. English heritage s national security adviser jon livesey explores the problem of lead theft from church roofs explaining the economic background to the wider problem of metal theft and its far reaching consequences.

The brazen heist was spotted tuesday when a cleaner saw daylight peeking through the roof of all saints church in houghton conquest bedfordshire. Brazen thieves steal half of a church s lead roof and cause 100 000 worth of damage in an audacious overnight raid half a lead roof from st mary the virgin church in cambridgeshire was stolen a. When three masked men were caught on the roof of an ancient church that had been stripped of lead worth 100 000 villagers felt their prayers had been answered. Copper is in ever increasing demand promoting thieves to take bigger risks.

In one of the worst thefts of its kind thieves stole the entire lead roof of all saint s church pictured above in houghton conquest bedfordshire 20 tonnes of metal in october leaving the grade ii listed building exposed to the elements. A church was left open to the elements after thieves stole 90 per cent of the lead roof. News politics world sport technology business money opinion obituaries travel culture. Church officials say the thieves carted off nearly.

The article goes on to address the full spectrum of preventive measures and appropriate security solutions from cctv to smartwater marking intruder detection systems and the use of special secure fixing systems which make it more difficult for thieves to strip the lead. The roof of the 15th century church of st mary furneux pelham herts is adorned within with carved wooden angels.