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Bank robber's handwriting so bad cashiers couldn't decipher demand note

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Mar 13, 2025
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Alan Slattery, 67, took it upon himself to rob the Nationwide Building Society in Eastbourne, England, but the handwriting in his demand note was so bad that staff there could not decipher it and he left empty-handed. An attempt at the St. Leonards branch, 18 miles away, was hardly more successful—a haul of only £2,400. A thi…

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