Polite robber waited in line to raid bank
A POLITE robber went into a bank to commit a hold-up
– and waited in the queue.
have a skin condition. Ms Waugh Simon Jones, 38, wore a face
said: “She trod a careful line between mask, blue latex gloves and dark
upsetting someone who might have glasses and was carrying a holdall had to wear such things to protect and a bottle of air freshener. their skin or have a nasty motive for
He waited patiently for 15 minutes wearing such a disguise.” while three customers in The court heard Jones, front of him were served of West Auckland, took before giving the cashier his girlfriend’s red Ford a note demanding cash. Fiesta to use as a getaway
He also warned the car. He admitted woman cashier he was robbery and taking a car armed with acid and a without consent and was bomb, a court was told. jailed for 40 months.
She placed £370 from a Christoper Baker said decoy bundle with a Jones suffered a brain tracker into Jones’s bag injury three years ago and he fled. Durham which caused him “cognitive Crown Court heard the difficulties” and tracker didn’t work – but FILM: Jones on CCTV he was addicted to booze he was caught thanks to and gambling. And the photos taken by customers suspicious air freshener bottle he took into the of his strange appearance. bank contained Febreze, not acid.
Jane Waugh, prosecuting, said the A police source said: “He’s either boss of the NatWest branch in Bishop the politest robber in history – or Auckland, Co Durham, approached the stupidest.” him. But she didn’t ask him to remove The Star Says: Page 6 the mask because she feared he may