A few weeks ago we talked about the theft of Shiori Pike’s large collection
of contemporary lingerie which she was hoping to make into a museum-worthy
archive. Now it seems that an individual has been arrested by Melbourne police
in relation to the break in last month. The estimated value of the stolen items
of underwear is around £75,000.00 and the 37-year-old man has
been charged with burglary, theft, handling stolen goods, possessing cannabis,
dealing with property suspected to be proceeds of crime and committing an
indictable offence while on bail. As yet, there’s no news as to
whether the police have been able to recover any of the garments.
And in Bangalore, a paraphiliac thief may have been caught! For
months, women in one area of the city had been experiencing odd occurrences
when they put their underwear on washing lines - the lingerie would go missing
and be found later torn and damaged in nearby buildings or in drainage
channels. At first the behaviour was taken to be that of local monkeys, who are
known to steal many items, but when it was realised that only women’s
underwear was being removed, one apartment block committee decided enough was
enough. They installed CCTV cameras in the stairwells of their building and
caught a man who would arrive by bicycle during the day when the apartment
block gates were open, grab lingerie from the washing lines and head off. The
residents set a trap and cornered the individual before handing him over to
police.
