{"id":337,"date":"2009-01-26T10:50:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T09:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magicians.co.uk\/news\/?p=337"},"modified":"2009-01-26T10:50:20","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T09:50:20","slug":"police-catch-thief-in-downing-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/police-catch-thief-in-downing-street\/","title":{"rendered":"POLICE CATCH THIEF IN DOWNING STREET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1px; font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magicians.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/\/thief-in-downing-street2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-340\" title=\"thief-in-downing-street2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magicians.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/\/thief-in-downing-street2-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">James Freedman was invited to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">10 Downing Street<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> again recently and was caught on camera by the policeman who took this photo!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">James, a stage pickpocket and magician, was described in Time Out as <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">&#8220;possibly the world&#8217;s best pickpocket&#8221;.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> He has entertained royalty, heads-of-state and celebrities in over 25 countries <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">and has earned himself the title \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">The Man of Steal\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">James has been a specialist advisor on several feature films and television programmes and also lectures to groups including security professionals and police. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Last year, he gained some notoriety when he \u2018borrowed\u2019 the Chancellor\u2019s wallet. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s amazing they let him back again.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/<!--\nvar addthis_append_data = 'false';\n\/\/-->\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;username=wp-4c32e42a5d9c79e6\" class=\"addthis_button\" addthis:url=\"https%3A%2F%2Fmagicians.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolice-catch-thief-in-downing-street%2F\" addthis:title=\"POLICE+CATCH+THIEF+IN+DOWNING+STREET\"><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#username=wp-4c32e42a5d9c79e6\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 James Freedman was invited to 10 Downing Street again recently and was caught on camera by the policeman who took this photo! \u00a0 James, a stage pickpocket and magician, was described in Time Out as &#8220;possibly the world&#8217;s best pickpocket&#8221;. 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