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A Belfast student has pleaded with thieves to return a hard drive stolen from his home containing vital university work stolen.

Calvin Craig, 23, was left devastated on Sunday when crooks broke into his student house in the Sandhurst Drive area of Stranmillis and stole his laptop, hard drives, a camera and some other items.

The Ulster University student said his course work was on his lap top and backed up on the hard drive. He was due to finish university on Wednesday but now finds himself potentially having to start from scratch.

The Graphic Design & Illustration student said: "My hard drives, which aren’t actually worth a lot of money, are very valuable to me as they hold all my uni work, and I need to submit them to finish my degree. I’m in my final year and this is the end of four years of uni work and I am willing to offer a reward for the safe return of them.

"All the items are important to me but I really really value the hard drives due to their content. I do work for a social enterprise who works with the homeless and they also contain footage I shot for them, and recently for a charity in South Africa working with kids.

"For the return of these hard drives I am willing to offer a substantial cash reward, as I really need them."

He hopes through the power of social media the person responsible will see how important these items are and return them.

Sergeant Kelly said: "It was reported that sometime between 3pm and 11:45pm on Sunday entry was forced to a property and a number of electronic items were reported stolen, including a grey-coloured MacBook; a silver-coloured Fuji camera and a yellow-coloured Eastpak backpack.

"We are appealing to anyone who was in the Sandhurst Drive area between these times and saw any suspicious activity, or anyone who is offered any of the items reported stolen for sale in suspicious circumstances to contact police at Lisburn Road on the non emergency number 101, quoting reference number 16 of the 14/05/18.

"Alternatively, information can also be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 which is 100% anonymous and gives people the power to speak up and stop crime."

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