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Article: Video shop front men `just there to take the rap'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 28, 1994
- Author:
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Dave has been working at video shops on Old Compton Street for
the past four years. Three years ago he took over as front man. He
does not work in the shop himself, but stays on the sidelines, at a
pub up the road, "running it.
"If I'm not around, something usually goes wrong, he said
nervously. "If we get raided, I've got to get more copies done and
up to the shop as quickly as possible. Or I might have to cover
rent - pounds 500 a day - if we've had
a bad day.
"We're all here to take the rap - the middle man for the middle
man. We pay our rent to a messenger who works for Mr T.
Technically, he's my boss and it's he who deals directly with the
owner of the property.
Dave takes care of any ...