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6 days agoDecades-long CCTV dispute with council rumbles on
A burglary victim's £2,000 compensation claim against Hackney Council remains unresolved since 2007 after council-run CCTV failed during the break-in.
The investigation, ordered by the culture ministry after the embarrassing daylight heist, revealed that only one of two security cameras was working near the site where the intruders broke in on the morning of Sunday 19 October. Agents in the security control room did not have enough screens to follow the images in real-time, while a lack of coordination meant police were initially sent to the wrong place once the alarm was raised, the report unveiled at the French senate's culture commission stated.