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Witness Captures Bank Robbery in Welwyn Garden City on camera

February 1, 2013


Witness Captures Bank Robbery in Welwyn Garden City on camera The moment masked ram-raider smashed through glass bank's doors – in a Nissan Micra This is the terrifying moment a masked ram-raider screeched out of a high street bank in a car after smashing through glass doors to get to an open cash machine. The thief, who was white and had his face covered with a balaclava, waited in a Nissan Micra opposite the Halifax in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire until staff opened the ATM inside. He then reversed the grey car through the plate-glass doors of the Howardsgate bank, where he stopped the car, before speeding away down the pavement and rejoining the road. A witness said one person in the bank was hit by the car and there were reports that a woman in her 30s had injured her ankle. One quick-thinking bystander managed to film the crime, which took place at around 3.30pm, on his mobile phone. The footage shows the car drive out of the bank at high speed, roaring off down the pavement while shocked passers-by watch helplessly. Detective Sergeant Rob Burns said: 'We are appealing to anyone who saw the car reverse in to the bank or who may have seen the offenders before or after the robbery. 'Fortunately, no-one was seriously injured and we will do everything we can to apprehend the people who carried out the robbery.' Halifax confirmed that an incident took place, but said they could not comment further while the police investigation was taking place. In April, a callous gang of thieves smashed their way into a Cambridge hospital in a similar cash machine heist – fleeing with

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