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Bike-riding bank robber, part 1

Olympic hopeful to audacious thief – the story of Tom Justice, the speed cyclist who turned to crime.

Olympic hopeful to audacious thief – the cyclist who turned to crime.

Movies influenced Tom’s biggest life decisions. Slacker film Reality Bites made him give up becoming an Olympic cyclist, and heist film Heat ‘inspired’ him to make the bizarre leap from fiction to reality. But there are only so many banks you can rob before your ego, and the FBI, start catching up with you.

Film clips: Reality Bites/Ben Stiller/Jersey Films
Heat/Michael Mann/Regency Enterprises and Forward Pass

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Louise Morris

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