Man told bank teller he had bomb in ‘harebrained’ robbery attempt

An American who was down on his luck in Cork walked into a bank and passed a note to the teller saying he would set off a bomb, killing them all, if he did not get cash.

Geremy Justus, aged 38, of no fixed address, went to AIB on St Patrick’s Street on March 27 and handed a note to the employee.

Inspector Adrian Gamble said the note stated: “This is a robbery. I have a bomb in my bag. Give me the money or I will kill us all.”