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Cambridgeshire villages feel attacked after criminals strip more than 30 churches bare for scrap metal
St Mary s Church in south Cambridgeshire was left half destroyed when a gang stripped the roof bare
St Mary s Church had its roof stripped. (Image: St Mary s Church Gamlingay Facebook)
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2:09 PM January 8, 2021
Four men have been jailed for a combined 22 years 7 months for the theft of lead from churches.
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Four men have been jailed for a combined 22 years 7 months for the theft of lead from churches across the country - including two in Huntingdonshire villages.
The All Saints Churches in Brington and Offord Cluny were targeted by the group between May 2018 and March 2020.
Tonnes of lead was stripped from a mixture of Grade 1 and Grade 2 - costing 36 churches a combined total of almost £2.1m.
The amount the defendants would have made from scrapping the lead would have been much lower than the cost to the churches.
Gang who ransacked churches in £2m crime spree jailed for 22 years
Their targets included four churches in East Yorkshire
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Four prolific lead thieves who caused damage totalling £2.1m to historic churches have been jailed.