Guardian Unlimited – Moped bank robbers

Thu, Jan 5, 2006

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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 25 years on, the past finally catches up with bank robber turned psychotherapist: “On May 30 1980, she and six friends, five boys and another girl, in wigs and sunglasses and with mopeds for getaway vehicles, raided a bank. A quarter of a century later, Hélène Castel, now 46, stood in a Paris courtroom yesterday to answer charges of armed robbery and hostage-taking.”

Click to read the whole story. It boils down to: If you’re gonna rob a bank, use a get-away vehicle with MORE than 49.9cc’s.

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