Watch: Strad thief claims he was forced by gang

Watch: Strad thief claims he was forced by gang

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norman lebrecht

February 19, 2014

Salah Salahadyn claims he played violin as a kid and took good care of the instrument he stole, wrapping it in his own baby’s blanket. The Milwaukee suspect in the theft of Frank Almond’s Strad turned up of his own volition at a TV station.

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Comments

  • Mikey says:

    I’m not understanding this. He “turned up at a television station of his own volition”? Did he think the journalists would arrest him, instead of the police? Is he expecting Judge Judy to take his case?

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