Bank Robbery for Beginners

Anthony Prince

ISBN 10: 1405040475 / ISBN 13: 9781405040471

Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, 2010

Anthony Prince, Pan Macmillan Australia. They were tagged Dumb and Dumber by the US media in a story that made headlines - and jokes - around the world. Two Australian boys on a working holiday in the snowfields of the American Rocky Mountains decided to rob a bank. Their plan was so hopelessly inept that although they escaped with over US$130,000 after threatening bank staff with a replica pistol, the trail of clues they left ensured they were identified almost immediately. Among the many things they did wrong was to rob a bank where they were regular customers (staff instantly recognised them and their impossible-to-disguise Australian accents), to tip a taxi driver $20,000, and then to photograph themselves holding up bundles of the stolen money, all before attempting to buy one way tickets to Mexico in cash. From the moment the alarm was raised, it took the Vail Police department all of eight minutes to identify the two boys as the culpritsBut what started as two young larrikins planning something stupid soon became deadly serious as both Anthony Prince and his partner Luke Carroll faced life imprisonment for armed robbery. Their youth, previous good behaviour and obvious remorse persuaded the US court to give them a reduced sentence but they were still to serve almost five years in some of America's most violent penitentiaries. Seller Inventory # 9781405040471-SECONDHAND

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bank Robbery for Beginners
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Book Type: Paperback