Exam paper theft has appearance adjourned

The University clocktower. Photo / Getty

A woman charged with stealing exam papers from the University of Otago has had her court appearance adjourned to next month.

The 23-year-old, who has name suppression, is charged with burglary.

She was due to appear in Dunedin District Court this morning, but was granted a registrar's adjournment to December 1.

The 98 exam scripts were stolen from the Clocktower Building, on November 7.

The scripts had been completed by students taking at least six papers, mostly on the day of the burglary, the university said.

The scripts, stolen from a secure area of the building which contains the registry office, had been recovered but were in an unusable state, it said.

Students had to resit their exams.