Bike-riding bank robber, part 1
Olympic hopeful to audacious thief 鈥� the story of Tom Justice, the speed cyclist who turned to crime.
Olympic hopeful to audacious thief 鈥� the cyclist who turned to crime.
Movies influenced Tom鈥檚 biggest life decisions. Slacker film Reality Bites made him give up becoming an Olympic cyclist, and heist film Heat 鈥榠nspired鈥� him to make the bizarre leap from fiction to the reality of committing a crime. 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
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Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Louise Morris
(Photo: Tom Justice. Credit: Courtesy of Tom Justice)
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