The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Actors robbed of £10,000 worth of goods in flat raid
Group rehearsing for production at Dundee Rep Theatre
A group of travelling actors have had almost £10,000 worth of goods stolen in a daylight raid on the flat they were renting on a busy Dundee street.
Actors Elaine Stirrat, Eilidh McCormick, Jeremiah Reynolds and assistant director Jennifer Bates returned home from rehearsals to discover their Airbnb flat on the city’s Perth Road had been broken into.
The troupe checked their rooms and noticed items of value had been taken, without any disturbance to other items in their rooms.
They promptly called police, alarmed someone had apparently shimmied in through the front window of their flat, which is openly visible from the street, in broad daylight.
The group thinks someone broke into the flat between 11am and 4pm on Monday and a police spokesman asked anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them.
“We had just finished up a run through of our play, and had headed back to our flat when I noticed the front door was open, which was unusual” said Jeremiah.
“I searched my room, and noticed a number of things had been lifted, including my Apple laptop and my DSLR camera, which I had borrowed from my brother.”
Police Scotland has asked for witnesses to come forward, while a spokesman for Airbnb said: “We were saddened to hear of this incident and are reaching out to the guests to provide our full support.”
The ensemble are preparing to tread the boards at the Dundee Rep in a production of Monstrous Bodies, which imagines Frankenstein author Mary Shelley’s journey from London to Dundee.
Jennifer had her engagement ring – which had previously belonged to her mother – stolen.
Elaine lost a gold necklace she had been given for her 21st birthday, and a set of earrings which were a “priceless” family heirloom.