Court of Newcastle upon Tyne sentenced to four years in prison, on probation, a man of 21 who in 2013 robbed the Banif bank branch in the center of Newcastle upon Tyne, at gunpoint.
During the reading of the judgment, the presiding judge said that these situations “are unacceptable”, showing not convinced with the explanation given by the defendant, who said he committed the crime “an act of desperation” . “That’s what was missing most of one million unemployed who have, if everyone decided to go grab a knife and robbing banks,” said the magistrate.
Still, because the defendant had, at the material time, just 20 years and why not have a criminal record, the panel awarded him attenuating the special arrangements for young and sentenced him to four years in prison, with pen suspended for a crime of aggravated robbery. “Everyone is entitled to make mistakes. Costs us to put young people in prisons and therefore the court intended to give him another chance,” said the presiding judge.
During the trial, the accused confessed virtually all the facts contained in the indictment. In court, he declared that he had committed the crime because “he was unemployed, had to pay the car payment to the bank” and had just learned that his girlfriend was pregnant.
In closing arguments, the Public Prosecutor had requested a sentence of two years imprisonment, suspended on probation, considering that “most appropriate” one offense of simple robbery.
The defense, meanwhile, called for a conviction for a crime of extortion, punishable by up to five years in jail.
The robbery occurred on May 6, 2013, around 14:00, when the suspect entered the bank branch, open face, armed with a knife, and demanded that the clerk put all the money available within a bag plastic.
The assailant managed to flee the scene with around 300 euros in cash, but was arrested hours later by the Judicial Police, subject to periodic presentations after being present judicial interrogation.
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