Pickpocket caught on CCTV robbing an unsuspecting queue-jumper
The criminal handed himself in after footage was shared online
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Your support makes all the difference.A Russian pickpocket has been captured on CCTV stealing from a woman that queue-jumped in a hospital waiting room.
The woman can be seen speaking with a receptionist as the opportunistic pickpocket grabs her wallet out of her bag and reportedly steals 1000 Roubles (around £10).
The man carefully places the wallet back in her bag - the woman completely unaware she had been pickpocketed.
Soon after, the criminal spots a surveillance camera; rattled, he asks a friend for a cigarette before leaving the room.
The incident took place at a hospital in Yekaterinburg, central Russia.
The footage was widely shared on social media leading to the man handing himself into police.
E1.ru reports that the man has had previous robbery-related “run-ins” but the reason for pickpocketing the woman was a “spontaneous desire.”
It is reported he is now under house arrest pending an upcoming trial.
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