Hapless robber caught after robbing security guard in own street

A hapless robber, Christopher Walker, was caught just moments after stealing £25,000 from a security guard in Birmingham when he fled into his own house opposite, a court heard.

The 19 year-old attacked the cash-in-transit security guard with a stick outside Lloyds Bank in Birmingham's Lea Village last month, Birmingham Crown Court heard.

After leaving the guard injured, Walker, who had just been made redundant, then escaped with £25,000 in cash, in what the court heard was an “incompetent spur of the moment robbery”.


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But to the astonishment of onlookers, Walker, of Birmingham, fled to his house opposite, prosecutors said. He was then caught by police within minutes.

Pleading with officers not to break down his neighbour’s door, he quickly admitted to stashing the cash in their loft. All of the cash was recovered from the loft space of their house, which adjoined his home and which he had keys to.

Walker yesterday admitted one count of robbery, which occurred on October 22. Jailing him for two and half years, Judge Sylvia De Bertodano said temptation had “overcome” him.