Still at large... but not for long: Australian policemen line up to investigate the case of the 'Buxom Bandit'
By Richard Shears
She's the suspect every red-blooded Australian policeman will be hot on the heels of.
A buxom bandit is on the run after holding up a petrol station on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early hours of this morning.
However, it's likely that she won't evade capture for long. The curvaceous blonde, who is believed to be in her 20s, made a series of schoolgirl blunders.
Perhaps believing her ample assets would divert attention, her biggest mistake - which even the most amateur hold-up artist might have thought of - was failing to hide her face.
She did remember to wear a glove to stop her hands from leaving fingerprint traces on anything she touched - but she put it on the wrong hand.
The gloved hand clutched a knife, which she then took away with her after the robbery.
Her tan was also a giveaway - if police eventually arrest her a study of her breasts (presumably by a policewoman) would help them in their line of inquiry, so to speak.
She made no attempt to hide her hair style, either. Unless she decides to cut off those long locks they will help police compare a suspect with the woman captured on the security cameras at the Arundel filling station.
Dangerous curves: And the knife she was carrying looked like it could hurt someone too...
Blunders: The robber failed to hide her face and, while she wore a single glove, she used her ungloved hand to snatch cash from the petrol stations till
No one was hurt in the robbery. But while the mistakes of the bungling bandit might cause some amusement, police weren't smiling today.
'There were a number of serious threats to harm the attendant and she fled with a small amount of money,' a spokesman for Queensland police told Channel Nine news.
Police said the store employee fought back by throwing items from the shelves at the woman as she fled outside, where a man was waiting for her in a four wheel drive car.
It sped off into the night, but the woman left behind so many clues to her identity that police are hoping for an early arrest.
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By Richard Shears
She's the suspect every red-blooded Australian policeman will be hot on the heels of.
A buxom bandit is on the run after holding up a petrol station on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early hours of this morning.
However, it's likely that she won't evade capture for long. The curvaceous blonde, who is believed to be in her 20s, made a series of schoolgirl blunders.
Perhaps believing her ample assets would divert attention, her biggest mistake - which even the most amateur hold-up artist might have thought of - was failing to hide her face.
She did remember to wear a glove to stop her hands from leaving fingerprint traces on anything she touched - but she put it on the wrong hand.
The gloved hand clutched a knife, which she then took away with her after the robbery.
Her tan was also a giveaway - if police eventually arrest her a study of her breasts (presumably by a policewoman) would help them in their line of inquiry, so to speak.
She made no attempt to hide her hair style, either. Unless she decides to cut off those long locks they will help police compare a suspect with the woman captured on the security cameras at the Arundel filling station.
Dangerous curves: And the knife she was carrying looked like it could hurt someone too...
Blunders: The robber failed to hide her face and, while she wore a single glove, she used her ungloved hand to snatch cash from the petrol stations till
No one was hurt in the robbery. But while the mistakes of the bungling bandit might cause some amusement, police weren't smiling today.
'There were a number of serious threats to harm the attendant and she fled with a small amount of money,' a spokesman for Queensland police told Channel Nine news.
Police said the store employee fought back by throwing items from the shelves at the woman as she fled outside, where a man was waiting for her in a four wheel drive car.
It sped off into the night, but the woman left behind so many clues to her identity that police are hoping for an early arrest.
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