I saw this on TV news the other night. Retired newspaper cartoonist Weg, helped police ID a bicycle thief as only Weg could - by drawing a caricature.
The burglar tried to make off with Weg's grandson's bike - I particularly love this image:
"And he's trying to wheel it away but he couldn't because it's a 10-speed racer with flat tyres, and he was trying to get on it and he kept falling off and falling off, three or four times," he said.
What a get away...
Anyway the story has been retold a fair bit:
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Weg makes a mug of a robber The Age
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Artist sketches own robber The Sunday Times
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Drawn and Captured Tim Blair
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Picture This: Cartoon Helps Police Identify Burglar in Australia Editor & Publisher
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Artist Aides Manhunt With Drawing Of Burglar All headline news
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Australian cartoonist helps police nab burglar, media reports say MSN Japan(!)
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Bikes and crime Cycle-licious
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Artist Draws Caricature of Man Who Mugged Him Cyncial-C Blog
People just love an oddball story, don't they?