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Banana Not Effective Stickup Weapon
LONDON (AP) — Robert Downey had the mask and the attitude, but not the weapon — he tried to hold up his local bookmaker's shop using a banana.
Noting the suspicious bend in the so-called "weapon," the clerk calmly called the police and on Wednesday, Downey was jailed for nearly seven years for attempted robbery.
Prosecutors at his trial said Downey, a 24-year-old drug addict, hatched his scheme to buy more crack.
Donning a mask, he headed for the bookmaker's shop in East London last November, pausing only to get a banana from the greengrocer on the way.
In the bookmaker's, he pointed the fruit wrapped in a plastic bag, screaming, "I want the money or I will [expletive] shoot you."
Instead, one man working there said to another: "It might be a banana."
Downey then pulled out a pair of scissors, but that didn't work either, so he ran off.
Police found him nearby trying to pull off his mask. A police dog found the badly bruised banana still in its bag.
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Banana Not Effective Stickup Weapon
LONDON (AP) — Robert Downey had the mask and the attitude, but not the weapon — he tried to hold up his local bookmaker's shop using a banana.
Noting the suspicious bend in the so-called "weapon," the clerk calmly called the police and on Wednesday, Downey was jailed for nearly seven years for attempted robbery.
Prosecutors at his trial said Downey, a 24-year-old drug addict, hatched his scheme to buy more crack.
Donning a mask, he headed for the bookmaker's shop in East London last November, pausing only to get a banana from the greengrocer on the way.
In the bookmaker's, he pointed the fruit wrapped in a plastic bag, screaming, "I want the money or I will [expletive] shoot you."
Instead, one man working there said to another: "It might be a banana."
Downey then pulled out a pair of scissors, but that didn't work either, so he ran off.
Police found him nearby trying to pull off his mask. A police dog found the badly bruised banana still in its bag.
More stories of a similar nature at the above link.