These thieves were no dummies

'Home Alone' thieves conned staff by posing as mannequins until store shut before stealing £10k of designer clothes

They posed alongside real dummies until the doors were locked - then were seen on CCTV perusing the aisles at their leisure, stealing whatever they wanted

Jim Hardy

A gang of crafty thieves pretended to be mannequins when a department store was locking up for the night - before they made away with £10,000 worth of designer clothes.

They posed as dummies at a Beales store in Worthing, Sussex, alongside the real models on display.

As soon as staff had shut up shop , they browsed the stock at their leisure picking out what they wanted.

Sussex Police were baffled as to how the gang - who are still on the run - got in without setting off alarms at the upmarket store.

This comes as one of the workers likened the raid to a heist seen in film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

They also called the incident a “very well-orchestrated crime” as police appeal for any information.

The alarm only sounded when they left the building via a fire escape with thousands of pounds worth of gear.

An assistant said the heist was a copy of the film, in which bad guys Harry and Marv plot to rob a toy store by hiding amongst the mannequins as it is locked up at night.

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