Once a grift is exposed and the world gets to know how the con went down, you usually find that the last ones to accept that they were had, and the staunchest defenders of the grifters until the bitter end, were the marks, because they bought it hook, line and sinker.
@history99917180 I brought him down using my best tackle. Mess of both lawns. Homeowner comes out, concerned for my well-being. Chummy, now vertical and well in my grasp, snaps to attention.
Homeowner: I know you...
Burglar: Yessir! Sorry sir!
Homeowner was asst governor of Winson Green prison.
@history99917180 I chased a burglar on foot once in a ritzy area in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Through the beautiful rear garden and over a six-foot wooden fence (hey, I was 24!) where we landed in a perfectly manicured rose bed, across the lawn and into the front garden. 1/2.