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| Boy, 15, detained for 'video game' Anfield bank raid | Boy, 15, detained for 'video game' Anfield bank raid |
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| A schoolboy who admitted robbing a bank with an imitation firearm has been sentenced to 40 months in a young offenders institution. | |
| Liverpool Youth Court had been told the 15-year-old boy acted as if he was in a "real-life video game". | Liverpool Youth Court had been told the 15-year-old boy acted as if he was in a "real-life video game". |
| The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was described in court as a "model pupil". | The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was described in court as a "model pupil". |
| The court heard he stole more than £2,000 from a branch of Barclays in Liverpool on 20 September. | The court heard he stole more than £2,000 from a branch of Barclays in Liverpool on 20 September. |
| He was handed to the police by his mother, who was shocked to find cash, stained with dye, and a fake gun in his bedroom. | |
| The teenager pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery last month and one count of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. |