Led by supremo dodger Ray Mallon
Middlesbrough Asylum aka Middlesbrough Town Hall
supporting cast includes:
Executive Member for Regeneration and Economic Development:
Charles “the loony” Rooney (Labour)
Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Resources:
Councillor David Budd (Labour)
Executive Member for Public Health & Sport:
Councillor Brenda Thompson (Independent)
Executive Member for Social Care:
Councillor Barry Coppinger (Labour)
Executive Member for Streetscene Services and Transport:
Councillor Nicky Walker (Labour)
Executive Member for Community Protection:
Councillor Julia Rostron (Labour)
Executive Member for Children, Families & Learning:
Councillor Mike Carr (Labour)
The Artful Dodger picks a pocket or two in Poundland wearing a flat cap and scarf
By Jonathan Petre
Last updated at 11:26 PM on 25th February 2012
A modern-day Artful Dodger, thought to be a boy aged six or seven, is being sought by police after he was caught pick-pocketing on camera.
The diminutive thief was wearing a flat cap, scarf and long coat when he was filmed stealing a purse in a South Yorkshire store.
Displaying the cunning for which the Charles Dickens character was notorious, he struck while an adult accomplice, also wearing a cap and sporting a beard, distracted their victim.
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