Robber Robert Downey Jailed for six years for attempting to rob bookmaker armed with a banana


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UK News
18-03-2005
who: Robber Robert Downey
what: Jailed for six years for attempting to rob bookmaker armed with a banana
where: Southwark Crown Court, LONDON
when: Wednesday
snippet: "Staff were so convinced that the raider, who was wearing a balaclava, was harmless that they refused to hand over a penny," reports The Telegraph. "Workers at William Claridge bookmakers looked at the object Downey was pushing under the security screen and realised that it was strangely `bent`..." [... more]

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