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Caught on camera: Youth steals $5,000 guitar from shop

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Caught on camera: Youth steals $5,000 guitar from shop


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AsiaOne
Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012

A young man stole an expensive guitar from a shop using an empty guitar bag.

The theft was caught on a CCTV recording from the music shop at Excelsior Hotel's shopping arcade.

In the video, the young man walks into the shop carrying a sling bag and a guitar bag.

He picks up a guitar worth approximately $5,000. The guitar is said to be a 1999 Gretsch 6128T George Harrison Signature Duo Jet Black electric guitar.

The man looks around cautiously, then places the guitar into his guitar bag and slowly exits the shop.

CCTV footage of the theft spread quickly online, and the young man has since owned up to the shop's owners.
 
Hes preparing a rock concert with bro hokkien? :D
 

Stolen $5k guitar returned, thanks to YouTube clip


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By Reico Wong
my paper
Wednesday, Oct 03, 2012

SINGAPORE - A Gretsch electric guitar, worth more than $5,000, was stolen brazenly from a shop at the basement of Excelsior Shopping Centre in Coleman Street last Friday.

But it was returned three days later by the thief, thanks to a closed-circuit TV (CCTV) clip posted on YouTube by the shop staff.

Mr Kelvin Ho, owner of Guitar Connection, told my paper that the young culprit turned himself in after the 3min 21sec-long video, which clearly showed the thief's face, went viral.

The video was posted online on Monday morning and received more than 7,000 views before the shop's staff removed it at about noon yesterday.

Footage showed the teenage boy walking into the shop with an empty guitar soft case slung over his right shoulder, slightly after 3pm last Friday.

He appeared to be browsing and, after checking that no one was looking, he took down the guitar which had been hung on a wall.

He then put it into his guitar case and walked out of the shop.

Shop assistant Jerry Lin, who reviewed the CCTV footage, said that the stolen guitar had been on a sales consignment from a customer.

The theft went unnoticed until Monday morning, when the guitar's owner called to check if the item had been sold.

It was only then that staff realised that the guitar had been stolen, said Mr Lin.

He said: "It looked like it was a well-planned theft, and the boy seemed to know the layout of the shop. He knew where the blind spots were and where the shop staff usually hang around."

Mr Ho decided to post the CCTV footage on YouTube and went to the police.

On Monday night, he received a call from a man claiming to be the thief's uncle.

The man offered to return the guitar and asked that the teen not be reported to the police as he was still young.

Mr Ho met them both at the shop about an hour later and it was decided that the teen would buy the guitar, as it had been chipped.

Yesterday morning, the boy's mother turned up at the shop, pleading with Mr Ho not to call the police on her son and to take down the YouTube video.

The single parent added that she would raise the money herself to pay for the guitar, to which the shop owner agreed.

Mr Ho said:" I told the mother that I don't know if I was doing the right thing by not reporting her son, but I really hope he has learnt his lesson."

reicow@sph.com.sg

 
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