buzbegone Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 * Man robs store with mask he bought from the shop * Robbed shop wearing mask and carrying an ax * Bought the Halloween mask at the shop days earlier A BRITISH robber was behind bars today after CCTV images showed him raiding a store in Wales wearing the same Halloween mask he bought from the shop days earlier. Neil Simons, 27, from Cardiff, south Wales, was the only man who bought the £3.99 ($6.00) Halloween disguise from the combined Co-op shop and gas station before October 25 last year, a court heard Wednesday. He returned to the store three days later, wearing the mask and carrying an ax, which he used to threaten a lone female cashier, the South Wales Echo reported. Simons, a former £1000-a-week asbestos remover, admitted robbery and was jailed for five years. Prosecutor John Probert said, "For a minute, she [cashier] thought it was a colleague playing a practical joke, but then she saw the ax" and pleaded with Simons not to use the weapon. “He told her he wouldn’t as long as she did what he said, and she put between £40 and £50 into the bag he handed over." The court heard that police searched through the store’s CCTV recordings to find that Simons was the only person who bought the mask at the site. "The fact he bought the mask then returned to the same petrol station wearing it, shows it wasn't a sophisticated crime," said Simons' defense lawyer, Kieron Malloy. Simons was made redundant at his job and wanted to pay off drug debts, the court was told. Source Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHCharls Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 thats his fault fail Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060320609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecaries Weight Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What was Neil thinking? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060320610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyGrenadeFrenzy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What was Neil thinking? "They'll I'll never see this coming!" Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060320883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA 360 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Sh*t, why did I have to use that f*****g mask? PS, It wasn't me. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060321130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star-Lord Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 "The fact he bought the mask then returned to the same petrol station wearing it, shows it wasn't a sophisticated crime," said Simons' defense lawyer, Kieron Malloy. "The lawyer there after summed it up in three words... Dee Dee Dee." Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060321176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zilcho Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What a complete twat. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060321181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusX1 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 “He told her he wouldn’t as long as she did what he said, and she put between £40 and £50 into the bag he handed over." That's quite a haul in Canadian dollars. Well worth it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060321522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Alan Willmer Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I have no pitty for someone like that guy should be making licence plates in Uk prisons like they do in America Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/468757-masked-uk-robber-jailed/#findComment-1060321740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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