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| Bungling Dorset bank foiled by security dye pack | Bungling Dorset bank foiled by security dye pack |
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| A bungling bank robber who threatened staff with a bomb and was caught after police found him covered in red dye, has been jailed for three years. | A bungling bank robber who threatened staff with a bomb and was caught after police found him covered in red dye, has been jailed for three years. |
| Russell Napier, 46, admitted robbery of a "substantial" amount of cash from the Natwest Bank in Boscombe, Dorset, on 15 June. | Russell Napier, 46, admitted robbery of a "substantial" amount of cash from the Natwest Bank in Boscombe, Dorset, on 15 June. |
| He went into the bank, pointed at his stomach and said 'I've got a bomb under here, give me money', police said. | He went into the bank, pointed at his stomach and said 'I've got a bomb under here, give me money', police said. |
| Napier was found by police with red dye on his face and hands. | Napier was found by police with red dye on his face and hands. |
| Police said he dropped some cash at a supermarket and after a local search, he was found nearby sitting on a kerb in a carpark . | Police said he dropped some cash at a supermarket and after a local search, he was found nearby sitting on a kerb in a carpark . |
| When Napier, of no fixed address, was asked to stand up a "large quantity" of cash fell from his t-shirt, police said. | When Napier, of no fixed address, was asked to stand up a "large quantity" of cash fell from his t-shirt, police said. |
| 'Great upset' | 'Great upset' |
| A cashier had put a security dye pack with the cash which exploded a short time after he left the bank covering Napier and the money in red dye. | |
| He was jailed for three years at Bournemouth Crown Court. | He was jailed for three years at Bournemouth Crown Court. |
| Det Con Ben Griffin said: "Napier's actions that day caused great upset to the staff working in the bank at the time and members of the public. | Det Con Ben Griffin said: "Napier's actions that day caused great upset to the staff working in the bank at the time and members of the public. |
| "I would like to praise the quick-thinking cashier for putting the security dye pack in the bag which undoubtedly led to him being caught and convicted." | "I would like to praise the quick-thinking cashier for putting the security dye pack in the bag which undoubtedly led to him being caught and convicted." |