Priest arrested for bank robbery

25th September 2009

An unemployed Polish priest has been arrested for robbing a bank, local media report this week.

Thirty-seven year old Norbert J., is accused of holding up staff at the PKO bank in the town of Szamotuly near Poznan.

According to reports, the out-of-work priest entered the bank Monday afternoon. Unmasked and dressed in a beige jacket, shorts and holding an orange bag, he demanded the cashier hand over all her money. When she refused he threatened her with a knife before making off with PLN 6,000.

The female cashier gave police a full description and, less than an hour later, they picked him up at a bus stop in the town.

By then he had changed into an elegant suit with a white shirt. ...