The point of the display was to announce on the BBC show “Crimewatch” that Lakatos had been caught.
Lakatos was jailed for 18 years after he assaulted and robbed a 90-year-old jeweller. Yet, he appeared to find a way to hide in plain sight. Indeed, this seems a bit to easy in meeting the challenge of the program:
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