Robber sues German police

A robber is suing police after they paraded him down a street in his boxer shorts in Germany.

The 38-year-old man, who was armed, was arrested then made to walk with his trousers around his ankles and his jumper over his head after holding customers in a bank hostage for more an hour.

The criminal had walked into a branch of the Noris Bank in the west city of Aachen with a revolver and demanded more than €200,000 but was soon surrounded by police when a cashier pressed an alarm button.

A lawyer said: "The handcuffs are understandable, but what the police have to explain is why he was brought out with his jeans pulled down and his underwear on show."