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Burgled shopkeeper Neil Primett was dumbfounded to spot a passer-by
\n dressed from collar to ankle in striking but uncoordinated designs –
\n exactly like those stolen three weeks ago from his store in Bedford.<\/p>\n
"I couldn’t believe it – he was wearing such a mismatch," he said,
\nafter ringing police and then tailing the luridly dressed suspect whose outfit
\nwas topped off with a T-shirt vividly stamped with the word "Criminal".<\/p>\n
Article continues "That’s a sleeveless summer item which we haven’t even
\nput on sale yet," said Mr Primett, who compared the man’s overall look to
\nRupert Bear’s.<\/p>\n
Although local streets were busy, the suspect’s clashing combination of green
\ncheck elasticated trousers (last fashionable two years ago), a jazzy tracksuit
\ntop and the electric blue sleeveless T-shirt with "Criminal" in luminous
\nyellow made him hard to lose.<\/p>\n
"The top really stood out," said Mr Primett, after the man was taken
\naway in a patrol car equally clearly labelled "police". "He may
\nhave thought he was being fashionable but the clothes didn’t go together at all.
\nYou certainly couldn’t call him a trendsetter."<\/p>\n
If poor fashion sense were a crime, the Dowbrigade News would be a prison from The Burgled shopkeeper Neil Primett was dumbfounded to spot a passer-by dressed from collar to ankle in striking but uncoordinated designs – exactly like those stolen three weeks ago from his store in Bedford. "I couldn’t believe it – he was … Continue reading
\n blog. As to "Neil Primett", see "Who
\n makes up these names?<\/a>"<\/em><\/p>\n
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