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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences
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'They were tagged 'Dumb and Dumber' by the US media in a story that made headlines - and jokes - around the world. Two Australian boys on a working holiday in the snowfields of the American Rocky Mountains decided to rob a bank. Their plan was so hopelessly inept that although they escaped with over US$130,000 after threatening bank staff with a replica pistol, the trail of clues they left ensured they were identified almost immediately. Among the many things they did wrong was to rob a bank where they were regular customers (staff instantly recognised them and their impossible-to-disguise Australian accents), to tip a taxi driver $20,000, and then to photograph themselves holding up bundles of the stolen money, all before attempting to buy one way tickets to Mexico in cash.'

'From the moment the alarm was raised, it took the Vail Police department all of eight minutes to identify the two boys as the culprits. But what started as two young larrikins planning something stupid soon became deadly serious as both Anthony Prince and his partner Luke Carroll faced life imprisonment for armed robbery. Their youth, previous good behaviour and obvious remorse persuaded the US court to give them a reduced sentence but they were still to serve almost five years in some of America's most violent penitentiaries.'

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Macmillan Australia , 2010 .
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      Extent: 272p., [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus. (some col.), ports. (some col.)
      ISBN: 9781405040471 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Memoir Anthony Prince , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 April 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences Anthony Prince , 2010 single work autobiography
How Not to Rob a Bank Fiona Purdon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 November 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences Anthony Prince , 2010 single work autobiography
Untitled Bruce Mackey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , November vol. 90 no. 4 2010; (p. 39)

— Review of Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences Anthony Prince , 2010 single work autobiography
Untitled Bruce Mackey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , November vol. 90 no. 4 2010; (p. 39)

— Review of Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences Anthony Prince , 2010 single work autobiography
How Not to Rob a Bank Fiona Purdon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 November 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences Anthony Prince , 2010 single work autobiography
Memoir Anthony Prince , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 April 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of Bank Robbery for Beginners : A Story of Criminal Stupidity and Its Very Serious Consequences Anthony Prince , 2010 single work autobiography
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