No it’s not Matt Lucas from Little Britain but a thief who allegedly hypnotizes clerks at supermarket registers.
In every case, the last thing staff reportedly remember is the thief leaning over and saying: “Look into my eyes”, before finding the till empty…
The cashier who was shown the video footage has no memory of the incident, according to Italian media, and only realised what had happened when she saw
The BBC News Story can be found here…