Modern day Robin Hood robs bank

Police have asked shoppers in Winchester, Hampshire to hand back hundreds of pounds after a bank robber threw £1,600 into the air after holding up the local Barclays Bank. The man held up the bank and told frightened staff he had a gun and threatening to shoot them, he then calmly walked out of the branch after been handed the money. However instead of making a quick getaway he walked down the street 50 yards then stopped before he hurled the money into the air, then proceeded to sit down and cross his legs as the money fluttered around him.

Amazed shoppers ran at the raining money and grabbed as much of it as they could before disappearing, the police said only £300 of the money had been handed back and they urge others to do the same and ‘do the decent thing’.

Detective Inspector Andy Symes, of Hampshire Police admitted he was ‘not optimistic’ that much more will be returned. He said: ‘I’m hopeful some members of the public will do the decent thing but in all honesty I can’t see much more as a result of this appeal.’

Speaking about the event the Detective described it as ‘bizarre’ and said: “A man entered the bank and threatened staff into giving him approximately £1,600 in cash. He claimed he was armed, but a subsequent search after arrest proved he had no weapon on him.”

The Police are yet to determine why the man did it however he did say: “We would ask any members of the public who have found money in Jewry Street – or surrounding streets – to please hand the money into their nearest police station. This money is evidence in our investigation. We would like to thank the members of the public who have already come forward and handed in money they have found to us. This was understandably upsetting for the people in the bank at the time, but this kind of incident is thankfully very rare, and in this case a man was arrested quickly and nobody was harmed.”

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