Man jailed for bank robbery
A man who robbed the Shades Arcade branch of Trusteebank Canterbury of $lO,OOO to pay gambling debts, has been jailed for three years and a half by Mr Justice Williamson in the High Court. Michael Moata Marino, aged 27, unemployed, who was represented by Mr P. H. B. Hall, had admitted a charge of robbing Jean Gough, a teller.
About 10 a.m. on December 23, Marino
handed the teller a withdrawal form on which was written: “I am armed. Give me all your money or else.”
His hand was in a bag, and he appeared to be holding something. Marino was given a bank bag and he ran off chased by a bank employee and three members of the public. They caught him in Hereford Street He had a breadknife which he had no intention of using.
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Press, 28 January 1986, Page 4
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