7 May 2021, 12:43
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A group of morally redundant students have been slammed after filming themselves appearing to raid a charity s clothing donation bank to flog online.
Footage uploaded to popular video sharing app TikTok shows a group of four young people at a British Heart Foundation clothes bin at Manchester Metropolitan University s Lower Chatham Street campus.
The academic institution say they are investigating the incident, after one member of the group flaunted stolen designer brands before reportedly bragging she would flog the goods online.
The now deleted footage received almighty backlash after it was published with a caption, @ my depop , that is believed to refer to the secondhand clothes website, depop.com.
Man Met investigating after students made TikTok taking clothes from charity donation bin
The incident is believed to have happened on MMU’s campus
2 weeks ago
Manchester Metropolitan University is investigating after a group of people posted a TikTok video showing them taking clothes from a charity donation bin.
The video has been taken down from TikTok, but has been circulating on social media.
In the video you can see the people picking up and trying on various items of clothing. They have been widely referred to as students, although it is unclear if they are MMU students.
The video shows off the tags on the clothes, showing they’re from high-end shops. It was reportedly captioned “@ my depop”, leading people to believe that the students were taking the clothes to sell online.
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