Thanks to bad handwriting, a bank in southern England escaped a bank robbery. The tellers could not understand the writing on the thief’s note. After all, the only thing scary about it was the handwriting. So, here’s the scoop.
Bad handwriting saves a bank robbery!
Alan Slattery, a 67-year-old retired man fled from the Nationwide Building Society Bank’s Eastbourne branch in March after the Bank’s tellers could not decipher his ‘threatening’ note. The note demanded the bank’s employees hand over the cash, according to the cops from Sussex on Thursday.
“A man has been sentenced after using threatening handwritten notes to demand money from cashiers at three banks in Eastbourne and Hastings He was twice unsuccessful, in one case because the bank employee couldn’t read his handwriting,” tweeted the Sussex Police with the picture of Slattery and his note. “Your screen won’t stop what I’ve got, just hand over the 10s and the 20s. Think about the other customers,” reads the note.
Robbery ‘attempts’: Not a one-time event
His attempts at robbing a bank were not a one-time event. Slattery managed to rob about $3,300 later that month from the Nationwide Bank’s branch in St. Leonards, his hometown. The cashier feared for her safety and handed over about £2,400 in cash to him.
Additionally, he also tried but, failed to rob the NatWest Bank in Hastings. However, this time the bank footage revealed him boarding a bus and details of his bus pass. He was finally arrested near his house. Slattery pleaded guilty upon getting arrested and got a six-year-long sentence.
