{"id":2853,"date":"2009-12-22T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/worlds-stupidest-cellphone-thief-foiled-by-victims-brilliant-plot-crime\/"},"modified":"2009-12-22T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T03:00:00","slug":"worlds-stupidest-cellphone-thief-foiled-by-victims-brilliant-plot-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/worlds-stupidest-cellphone-thief-foiled-by-victims-brilliant-plot-crime.php","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Stupidest Cellphone Thief Foiled By Victim&#8217;s Brilliant Plot [Crime]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/phonejail.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2cb06_500x_phonejail.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>Peter Gamblin, a 24 year old former billiard champion in the UK, was busted for stealing a cellphone after the victim called him up and asked for his name and address.<\/p><p>Uh...yeah sure. That's Peter Gamblin...G. A. M. B. L. I. N.<\/p><p>According to the court, Gamblin gave the victim his name and address as an \"act of bravado.\" It took a jury only 25 minutes to convict him. Needless to say, this guy is either the world's biggest moron (<a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5279210\/murderer-caught-because-of-his-no-cellphone-left-behind-policy\">next to this guy<\/a>) or he has a serious asshole friend that set him up to take the fall. 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That's Peter Gamblin...G. A. M. B. L. 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