CRIME LOG: EUROPE

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Durham City, England A gang hired a man to drive their getaway car for a series of bank robberies. As the gang came fleeing out of the first bank with several bags of money, the man panicked, causing the car to stall. Police arrived in minutes as the man desperately tried to get the car to start. In court, it was revealed that not only did the man not have a driver's license, he had never operated a vehicle before.

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An English bank robber planned the perfect heist. Every detail was perfectly orchestrated: the ideal robbery time, the type of gun to use, a place to hide the loot, a getaway route and car, even a reliable accomplice. After robbing the bank, the man left with the money in a bag over his left shoulder. As he approached the spot of the getaway car, his accomplice promptly ran him over.

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Bank robbers in the UK often don't realize that the doors in some banks only open one way. Recently caught on video was a surprised robber who assumed that the doors had automatically locked, since he couldn't get them to open, until the next customer casually walked through. Another guy was seen to shoulder barge a door in desperation for 2 minutes.

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In Britain, during the trial of six men charged with attempting Britain's largest cash robbery, prosecuting attorney Guy Boney told the court that the group forced an armored car, carrying over 18 million dollars, into a wooded area. The group then used high-powered torches to open it. Boney also noted that the torches set off "a horrendously expensive bonfire" that turned over 2 million dollars into ashes, causing the men to flee.

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In Germany, a woman decided that her skin cream, Oil of Ulay, was no longer doing it for her so, fancying herself a a modern-day Cleopatra, she decided to try camel's milk. She stole a camel from the local zoo and transported it back to her house.

It wasn't until she got all the way home with her new best friend that she discovered the camel was a male.

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In Rouen, France, seconds after committing a bank robbery, crook Jules Duprer jumped into a nearby car and shouted, "Get away quick, before the cops come."

He had failed to notice that his chosen escape vehicle was a police car.

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Two criminals in France came up with the brillian idea of breaking into a bank from a neighboring building. They decided to drill through the wall so they could reach the bank's vault. After hours of exhausting labor, they finally broke through. Upon entering the room, however, they discovered that had miscalculated the location of the vault and were instead standing in the middle of the restroom.

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