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Dumb Criminals: British Bank Robber Gives Cashier Full Name And Address
Would-be bank robber gave cashier his full name and address
A hapless criminal wearing socks over his shoes tried robbing a bank with a breadknife just minutes after giving the cashier his full name and address. Armed with the knife, Dean Richard Smith, 27, stormed a bank in in Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, demanding money, a court heard. But Smith, 27, was forced to leave empty handed, despite an elderly gentleman in his 70s he was standing next to offering him £20 of his own money to leave.
Rachel Knight, prosecuting at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, said Smith, of Treorchy, had gone to the Barclays Bank branch in Treorchy, on April 15 to change his address. But just 30 minutes later, Smith was seen on CCTV wearing a jacket with his hood up, socks over his shoes, and sunglasses, rush up to the glass partition and demand money from cashier Catherine Stockton. She could see that he was holding a bread knife across his body as he demanded all the cash to be handed over.
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2014/05/would-be-bank-robber-gave-cashier-his.html
A hapless criminal wearing socks over his shoes tried robbing a bank with a breadknife just minutes after giving the cashier his full name and address. Armed with the knife, Dean Richard Smith, 27, stormed a bank in in Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, demanding money, a court heard. But Smith, 27, was forced to leave empty handed, despite an elderly gentleman in his 70s he was standing next to offering him £20 of his own money to leave.
Rachel Knight, prosecuting at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, said Smith, of Treorchy, had gone to the Barclays Bank branch in Treorchy, on April 15 to change his address. But just 30 minutes later, Smith was seen on CCTV wearing a jacket with his hood up, socks over his shoes, and sunglasses, rush up to the glass partition and demand money from cashier Catherine Stockton. She could see that he was holding a bread knife across his body as he demanded all the cash to be handed over.
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2014/05/would-be-bank-robber-gave-cashier-his.html
