The 'Burqa Bandit'

By adey •

I could have posted this in funnies. 6ft 6in!! (thats 1m 98cm). I have a marvelous picture in my head.

Another popular outlaw to rival Zorro, the Scarlett Pimpernal and Robin Hood!

"Police hunt burqa robber

Police are hunting a 6ft 6in man wearing a burqa who led an armed robbery at a
jewellers in Smethwick, West Midlands, UK, on Wednesday, escaping with about
£200,000 worth of gems. A man similarly dressed tried to rob a Securicor
guard at a shopping centre in Birmingham six days earlier."

London Times 23/03/08

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By anonymous• 23 Mar 2008 20:01

Could only happen in UK, they probably wouldn't have intervened anyway as it wouldn't be PC to accost such a person!

By anonymous• 23 Mar 2008 19:23

But it will not last...

Live and let live...

By adey• 23 Mar 2008 19:21

Rating: 4/5

but a 6ft 6in woman is, dressed in a burqa??? Oh never mind!!

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

By harsha• 23 Mar 2008 19:18

is it difficult to find a guy of that height???

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The 'Burqa Bandit'

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