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| Admirable or reckless? Brave or foolish? Opinions are divided over a Canadian woman who took the law into her own hands when she daringly stole back her bicycle after seeing it advertised for sale online. | Admirable or reckless? Brave or foolish? Opinions are divided over a Canadian woman who took the law into her own hands when she daringly stole back her bicycle after seeing it advertised for sale online. |
| Kayla Smith, 33, had already filed a report with the police after her C$1,000 (£615) bike was stolen in front of an apartment block in Vancouver when a friend stumbled across an advert for it at the knockdown price of C$300 on Craigslist. That was when Smith devised a cunning plan. | Kayla Smith, 33, had already filed a report with the police after her C$1,000 (£615) bike was stolen in front of an apartment block in Vancouver when a friend stumbled across an advert for it at the knockdown price of C$300 on Craigslist. That was when Smith devised a cunning plan. |
| "I called the guy up," she told the Globe and Mail. "Totally played super sweet, was like, 'Hi, how are you? You know, I have the day off today, why don't I come meet you?'" | "I called the guy up," she told the Globe and Mail. "Totally played super sweet, was like, 'Hi, how are you? You know, I have the day off today, why don't I come meet you?'" |
| She arranged to meet the bike seller in a McDonald's car park, and after asking to test ride the bike she simply rode off. "I just figured once I got away, I was going to be OK," she told the Vancouver Sun. "I hid around the corner with my girlfriend Jen. He took off running." | She arranged to meet the bike seller in a McDonald's car park, and after asking to test ride the bike she simply rode off. "I just figured once I got away, I was going to be OK," she told the Vancouver Sun. "I hid around the corner with my girlfriend Jen. He took off running." |
| PC Brian Montague, of Vancouver police, said nearly 800 bikes had been reported stolen in the city this year. | PC Brian Montague, of Vancouver police, said nearly 800 bikes had been reported stolen in the city this year. |
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