Dance classes cancelled after Exchange Road car park theft

Lawra Lopes Dance UK, based out of St Matthew's Church Hall in Oxhey, had to cancel classes after the tech used to play its music was taken from the boot of the owner's parked car.

Lawra Lopes had left her Vauxhall Astra on the fourth floor of Citipark Church, in Exchange Road, at around 12pm on Saturday, June 8, with the JBL Partybox 110 speaker in the boot, to go home.

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The stolen speaker at a previous class. (Image: Lawra Lopes)

The car was undamaged when the dance teacher set off for her first class of the week, at 8.30am on the Monday, but she noticed that some change was missing from the glove compartment.

Upon arrival at St Matthew's, she found the boot empty and had to cancel the class and rest of her lessons until a replacement arrived.

The speaker in a ballet class. (Image: Lawra Lopes)

Lawra says she has been left “very afraid” to keep using the car park, as it now feels unsafe, despite paying monthly to leave the car there because there is no parking provision where she lives.

The Watford resident added that the financial hit from buying a new speaker was a “significant expense” that she has struggled to afford.

Herts Police have confirmed they are investigating and any information can be shared by calling 101, quoting crime reference 41/46463/24.

A Lawra Lopes Dance UK class (with speaker at back of class). (Image: Lawra Lopes)