Bank Robber Holds up a bank that isnt there!

A man who tried to hold up a bank with a toy gun in May has been jailed and labelled as 'stupid' by German newspaper.

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The man tried to hold up the branch in the northwestern town of Walchum, unfortunately for him it had been closed for a number of years so he had to switch to plan B and rob a woman who was passing by.

Following the trend in banking for closing down branches, the bank had moved several years before, with only cash machines left as an indication of its former role and the building had been converted into a physiotherapist' clinic. The 57-year old man, on finding there was no bank to rob turned his attention to passers-by and after initially demanding a ransom of10,000 euro (£8,600) for a woman he forced her to withdraw 400 euros which he took and fled in a stolen car.

He later abandoned the car in a bid to confuse his pursuers but in an  colossal error of judgement left the toy gun he had used in the robbery between the seats. Of course this  master criminal had not been wearing his gloves when handling this and his with his fingerprints were on it.

The court heard that the man had confessed to the crime and had previous convictions for 22 other offences and sentanced him to seven years in prison. The Bild newspaper branded the man "Germany's stupidest bank robber".

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