This has to be one of the stupidest bank robbers ever.
Paul Neaverson, 61, walked in to a branch of NatWest in Rainham, Kent and attempted to rob the bank teller at knife-point. He told her to get 500 pounds and either put it on the counter or, in an effort to streamline the process, put the money directly into his account.
Maybe not the best idea, man...
Police say the bank teller had immediately pushed the panic button the minute she saw the knife, but by the time Neaverson was giving her his account information he had put the knife back in his pocket.
Another customer saw what was going on and somehow got the knife away from him.
Neaverson left and tried the same thing with another weapon at a nearby HSBC. But he fled from that robbery without any money after the cashier claimed he did not have £500 in the till.
Neaverson was finally arrested at the scene after police were called to the branch, reports the Daily Mail.
And why did he do it? Because he needed money to book a flight to Corfu for a job interview as a golf coach. Of course.
Danny Moore, defending, told the court Neaverson had never been in trouble with the law before and that his attempt to become a bank robber was "ridiculous".
He said: "It was ridiculous. It only had one ending - and here it is. He has led a law-abiding life and now finds himself staring down the barrel of a very long sentence indeed."
Neaverson, of Rainham, Kent, pleaded guilty to two attempted robberies and possession of a blade. He has now been jailed for two years.