Gordon’s Cafe in the UCL Union was robbed on 21 Oc- tober, as thieves broke into the cash register and made off with £1200 in a planned robbery.
The people involved set off a fire alarm on the fourth floor of UCLU to enable them to cre- ate a diversion and make off with the register, which was ripped out altogether from the cafe.
They then escaped through the back door of Gordon’s; the door is not alarmed, despite be- ing labelled so. They also man- aged to avoid CCTV cameras on both floors of the Union.
Apparently this was not the first recorded robbery suf- fered by the Union building in recent times. One member of the maths department (situ-ated in the same building) re- cently had her handbag stolen; the department is now urging all members to lock their doors whenever out of their offices.
Security has commented that thieves are increasingly dressing as builders in order to go unnoticed. However there is no proof that this was the case for the Gordon’s Cafe robbery.
UCL Union are yet to re- lease an official statement. The police have taken details and are currently investigating the mat- ter. No fingerprints have been found however, and it seems that the trail will remain cold.