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A bank robber who kicked down a security screen at Barclays flagship London branch to steal almost £1,000 in cash was caught after packets of red dye exploded as he made his getaway.
Teslim Adedibu, 34, fled from the bank in Piccadilly shouting “robbery, robbery, ha ha ha, I’ve got all the money” moments before he was engulfed in red smoke as he ran down Shaftesbury Avenue with a rucksack stuffed with banknotes.
Earlier on May 12, jobless Adedibu had been told he was not allowed to withdraw any money because he was thousands of pounds in debt.
He returned five minutes later demanding £10,000 before smashing through the security screen and grabbed £910 from the Regent Street branch.
But the hapless thief had inadvertently put dye packets into his bag which exploded as he tried to make his escape.
Detectives were able to trace him the following day from details he had entered into a card reader during the original failed transaction.
Jailing Adedibu for 18 months, Recorder David Spens QC said: “You walked up to the till and said ‘I need £10,000 now’ and slammed your rucksack down on the counter.
“You continued to bang your hand on the counter and demand the money. When the cashier said she would call the police, you said ‘Get the police, they are just jokers.’
“Then you told her ‘Come on, hurry up and give me the money or I will get it myself’.”
Adedibu then “kicked down” the screen while “laughing” and rammed the notes into his bag.
“You then ran out of the bank shouting ‘robbery robbery, ha ha ha I’ve got all the money’ and disappeared down Shaftesbury Avenue with red smoke billowing behind you,” the judge said.
Adedibu’s barrister, Simon Gruchy, told the judge the raid was “unplanned, impulsive and completely unsophisticated” and his client had been “desperate” because he was £9,000 in debt and thought his benefits had stopped.
As he was led away Adedibu of Edmonton, east London, said: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
courtesy of ES online
