07 December 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Mistaken identity....sort of.

 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsaGzkwJzUg

A comedian STAGING a fake theft ended up with more than he BARGAINED for when he was caught by a police community support officer. The officer thought a crime was in progress when TV star Simon Brodkin pretended to steal his own DVD.

Brodkin was in character as one of his creations - South London TEARAWAY Lee Nelson - and was doing a signing at HMV on London's Oxford Street. 

He staged a stunt in which he "stole" one of his own DVDs, after which he was chased around the store by an actor dressed up as a police officer. They ended up running outside, where they were spotted by the real officer who DETAINED Brodkin.

A SPOKESMAN for the comedian said: "Somehow they ended up out on the pavement, where a real police community support officer got involved, thinking it was a theft taking place.

"The community support officer ESCORTED him back into the store where it was explained that it hadn't been a real theft taking place."

Brodkin, a former doctor who gave up his medical career to PURSUE work as a stand-up, stars in his own BBC Three show, Lee Nelson's Well Good Show.

- Have you ever witnessed a crime?
- Have you ever seen a stunt go wrong?
- Do you like comedians?

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