Thief tries to distract victim with ‘traditional cultural’ dance as he rifles through pockets

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This is the moment a sneaky thief winds his leg around his victim and performs a ‘bizarre dance’ to snatch his phone.

CCTV appears to show the pickpocket pretending to be drunk to fool his victim into thinking he was simply in a cheerful mood.

A brief video clip issued by Nottinghamshire Police on Monday shows the man approach a victim in Clumber Street, in the city centre, shortly after 7.30am on November 16.

The force said in a statement describing the incident: ‘After greeting the man with a fist bump and engaging him in conversation, he performs a bizarre dance where he places one of his legs between the victim’s leg and jumps up and down.

‘The matter was reporte