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Nearly Sane

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Walter

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Re: The masked mime and the missing money
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2019, 02:22:36 PM »
This is a great story.


https://inews.co.uk/news/mime-artist-village-fete-gloucestershire-conman-fears/
I reckon DCI Barnaby and his sidekick Troy would have him in no time !

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Re: The masked mime and the missing money
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2019, 08:49:56 PM »
I don't know whether to laugh or be horrified.
He's certainly enterprising.
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Re: The masked mime and the missing money
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2019, 08:42:50 AM »
I think you can only laugh. As a fraud, the lesson given to people for a pound each seems worth it.

Steve H

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Re: The masked mime and the missing money
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2019, 01:41:07 PM »
Provided he hands over £100 pounds to someone, he probably hasn't even broken the law. He didn't specifically say it was in aid of the fund.
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