Poland arrests thief posing as store mannequin
- 21 Oct 2023
Charged with theft and burglary, the man faces 10 years in prison.
Polish police said on Thursday they had arrested a 22-year-old man who posed as a store mannequin in order to later steal jewellery at a Warsaw shopping centre.
After entering a clothing store, the man "put on a new outfit, then stood still in the window like a mannequin in order to fool security guards and surveillance cameras," said Robert Szumiata, a spokesman for Warsaw police.
After closing time, the man slipped out and managed to swipe jewellery from a stand at the shopping centre before being apprehended.
"We'd never seen anything like it," Szumiata told AFP. Charged with theft and burglary, the man faces 10 years in prison.
Agence France-Presse
