[MSN] UK. Hunt for picture's owner

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  Hunt for picture's owner

POLICE are trying to trace the owner of a painting which was stolen from 
the Huntingdon area 17 years ago.

The picture, a James Webb dating from 1878, was recently recovered in 
Norfolk after it was bought at auction for £40 - but police records do 
not go back far enough to let them reunite it with its owner.

It was one of a number of paintings taken in a burglary in 1989 and now 
police want the owner to contact them.

Detective Constable Martin Brocklebank said: "I am appealing to anyone 
who thinks this painting may be theirs or knows the owner of the paining 
to contact me.

"Unfortunately police records do not go back to 1989 and we are 
therefore unable to trace the owner."

Det Con Brocklebank can be contacted on 0845 4564564 and information can 
also be given to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.

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