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Crook tries to hold up bank wearing Marigolds - but is caught yellow-handed

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Crook tries to hold up bank wearing Marigolds - but is caught yellow-handed
Crook tries to hold up bank wearing Marigolds - but is caught yellow-handed

IT’S daylight rubbery — a woman tries to hold up a bank wearing Marigolds.

The crook burst into a TSB and demanded workers fill her floral bag-for-life with cash.

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A crook burst into a TSB and demanded workers fill her floral bag-for-life with cashCredit: SWNS
The woman tried to hold up a bank wearing Marigolds
The woman tried to hold up a bank wearing MarigoldsCredit: Getty

When they refused, she attacked a female member of staff before fleeing empty-handed.

Cops posted pictures of the suspect at the scene of the raid on the Birmingham Police Facebook page.

They said: “We would like to speak to her following an attempted robbery at TSB Bank in Perry Barr on 23 September, shortly after 12pm. 

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“A member of staff was assaulted by a lady who demanded money.”

Social media users poked fun at the woman’s Marigold gloves.

Janet Johns wrote: “I think that is what you call an armed ­rubbery. I expect she made a clean getaway too.”

Gavin Howell joked: “Women proving once again they can do two things at once —  the washing up and a bank hold up!”

Michael Brook added: “She’ll have to take those Marigolds off to handle the money.”

Cops posted pictures of the suspect at the scene of the raid on the Birmingham Police Facebook page
Cops posted pictures of the suspect at the scene of the raid on the Birmingham Police Facebook pageCredit: SWNS

Isaac Crowson

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