article_snippet.sent: The watch: James Freedman removes Harry Mount's timepiece without James Freedman noticing in James Freedman pickpocketing lesson .
article_snippet.sent: Freedman uses two fingers in a pincer-like movement to steal it.
article_snippet.sent: Freedman favourite ploy is to strike as the victim walks away from Freedman — because they are less likely to feel a hand in they pocket while they are moving.
article_snippet.sent: Shady business: Freedman shows how a folded newspaper can be used to steal a pair of sunglasses .
article_snippet.sent: Freedman shows how to remove a pair of expensive sunglasses hanging from a jacket breast pocket by flicking them out and catching them with a folded newspaper.
article_snippet.sent: Freedman thought Freedman’d tipped the bit when Freedman stole the pen from a jacket breast pocket and the pen made a clicking noise.
article_snippet.sent: I challenge Freedman to remove the pen without me noticing.
article_snippet.sent: Fixing my gaze, Freedman puts Freedman hand lightly on top of my watch, unbuckles it and whisks it away.
article_snippet.sent: With that, Freedman hands me back my hefty notebook, which I thought had been securely tucked inside a jacket breast pocket.
article_snippet.sent: Somehow, Freedman’d removed a jacket breast pocket.
article_snippet.sent: For all Freedman skill as a pickpocket, Freedman says Freedman has never used a jacket breast pocket for anything other for entertainment.