CLEVER CRIMINALS OF THE WEEK: MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE
by Hazed
A very clever gang of thieves pretended to be mannequins so they could remain in a store when it was locked up for the night – and then ransack the place.
The crooks posed at dummies in a store in Worthing, England, alongside the real mannequins. Once the staff had shut everything up and left they browsed the stock, taking their time to pick out what they wanted, before making away with £10,000 worth of designer clothes.
At first police could not figure out how the gang got into the store without setting off alarms. The alarms were only triggered when they left with their loot.
A member of the shop’s staff speculated that, “They probably dressed in clothes identical to those worn by the mannequins and stood there, not moving a muscle till the shop shut and everyone went home… It showed incredible nerve – the store is equipped from top to bottom with sensor alarms and cameras. They must have stood there with the mannequins not daring to move a muscle – imagine if they wanted to sneeze or had an itch they couldn’t scratch!”
The criminals are still at large.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/home-alone-thieves-conned-staff-9408744
