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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

‘Thou shalt not steal’ painting stolen from village church

A church warden has urged a thief who swiped a painting of the Ten Commandments, containing the directive “Thou shalt not steal”, to return the artwork.

Three Victorian murals were taken from the wall from the Grade II-listed St Andrew's Church in an overnight raid in the sleepy parish of Little Steeping, Lincolnshire, before 23 February.

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