Dumb criminal of the week parade...

[Kit-Ginevra]

Mr G has been sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment after threatening bookmakers' staff with a hammer before fleeing with £800. He tried to blame the raid on his brother giving his name and details. However Mr G's story fell apart after CCTV analysis showed one key detail-the height of the robber who was extremely tall and lanky and was therefore much more likely to be 6'6 Mr G than his much shorter brother who only measured 5'6.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Aren't all the bookie shops like this one? Or is that only in the movies?

[RealUnimportant]

No bookie I've been in has that kind of set-up; open, where anyone can lean over the counter? Utterly ridiculous. I guess it's possible one might have a shutter system, as a surprising amount of ex-banks have been turned into bookies.