The man escaped while a porter called the police.
Police are appealing for help after a burglar was stopped from stealing electrical equipment from Balliol College.
At around midnight on Friday 29 February, a college porter stopped a man (shown in the CCTV image above) after he noticed a bulge under his jacket and a cable hanging out of it.
The man handed over the Digibox and DVD player he had been concealing, but escaped before the porter could call the police.
Police spokesman Toby Shergold suggested that the burglar may be a member of the University.
‘One line of enquiry is that he is a student himself,’ he said.
Anyone with information on the CCTV image is asked to call DC Louise Tompkins on 08458 505505 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
