Disastrous duo bungle bank robbery but avoid jail

THEIR getaway motorbike broke down and had to be pushed for half a mile, they dropped a mobile phone near the scene of the crime, but the slapstick hold-up for two “nice raiders” ended without tears yesterday, when they avoided jail by getting suspended sentences.

The dopey duo travelled from Kilkenny to Cork for an armed bank robbery, but everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

Extensive planning of the crime didn’t seem to make it any more successful for the pair, who were described by one bank official as “nice raiders”.