A DIM robber ended up a fiver poorer when he tried to raid a shop.
He asked for a packet of cigarettes and put down a £10 note to get the shopkeeper to open the till.
But when he produced a hammer and demanded the contents, he got just loose change amounting to about £5. As he fled, he left behind his tenner and the cigarettes.
Shopkeeper Joyce McMaster, 55, said the useless crook came into Brown Stores in Ayr during the afternoon.
She said: "He asked for cigarettes and handed over a tenner. When I went into the till for his change he produced the hammer.
"He shouted, `Give me the rest of the money' and I froze at first before telling him where to go.
"As he tried to get his hand into the till, I instinct-ively banged it shut on his fingers. The thief ran off with a few quid.
"I chased him out the door, but he was away far too fast. In the end, I've had a shock, he's down a few quid and he's not even got his cigarettes."
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He asked for a packet of cigarettes and put down a £10 note to get the shopkeeper to open the till.
But when he produced a hammer and demanded the contents, he got just loose change amounting to about £5. As he fled, he left behind his tenner and the cigarettes.
Shopkeeper Joyce McMaster, 55, said the useless crook came into Brown Stores in Ayr during the afternoon.
She said: "He asked for cigarettes and handed over a tenner. When I went into the till for his change he produced the hammer.
"He shouted, `Give me the rest of the money' and I froze at first before telling him where to go.
"As he tried to get his hand into the till, I instinct-ively banged it shut on his fingers. The thief ran off with a few quid.
"I chased him out the door, but he was away far too fast. In the end, I've had a shock, he's down a few quid and he's not even got his cigarettes."
Want to learn more?
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/c...teid=89488_headline=-ROBIN-DUD-name_page.html