Few victims of theft get the chance to exact revenge. But one Tube passenger certainly had the last laugh after she had her suitcase snatched at a station.
The woman, named only as Sarah, was tricked into giving up the bag – with the thief unaware it contained a dead dog.
The polite, well-dressed man offered to help her carry the case up an escalator, gave her a bag weighted with stones as a distraction and then ran-off with his ill-gotten remains. Witness Liam Carling said: 'The guy was a pro. But I would have liked to have been there when he opened the suitcase.'
The incident took place after Sarah was asked by a friend to take beloved family pet 'Sandy' – who had died the night before – to a vet for disposal.
But her car broke down on the way, forcing her on to the Tube. She was conned by the middle-aged man as she struggled to carry Sandy through Victoria station.
Mr Carling said: 'I saw this nice young woman and it became obvious that something was wrong. I imagine he's been pretty humbled by it.'
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