‘Office thief helped himself to computers’

A thief strolled past security at an office block and helped himself to more than £7,000 worth of computer equipment, a court heard. Peter Michael Hall, 38, allegedly entered through the front door of the office in Stratford Place, off Oxford Street, and took a lift to the fourth floor on 3 July last year. Prosecutors claim he swiped an Elitebook laptop, a Microsoft Surface Pro, and three laptop docking stations worth £2,984.19 from Room 4.04. He is accused of…