A bungling van driver was facing jail this week after
2nd August 2001, Page 16
2nd August 2001
Page 16
Page 16, 2nd August 2001
— A bungling van driver was facing jail this week after
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trying to force staff at a bank to hand over a 200,000 fortune—and then effectively telling the police where to find him.
Stuart Kearns' "scatterbrained' scheme included a four-page essay setting out his demands, threats to staff if they were not met, and describing his works van right down to the bogus plate he had fitted.
Kearns, a van driver from south London, was trapped by police after driving into a cul-de-sac. He later claimed he was forced into the crime by a mystery individual who had been waiting for him outside his house.
The jury at the Inner London Crown Court rejected Kearns' defence that he could not possibly be guilty because his scheme was so stupid. He is due to be sentenced in August.