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A bank robber who secreted the $2000 proceeds inside his anus was given away when police heard rustling noises and found the loot, a court was told.
Michael Geoffrey Linn, 36, unemployed, pleaded guilty in Alexandra District Court yesterday to robbing the BNZ bank in Cromwell, The Southland Times reported.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Tom Scoullar said Linn walked into the bank last month, pulled a balaclava over his face and demanded money,
As the female staff member was filling a bag with cash he told her he was sorry.
"I didn't mean to frighten you but I'm very, very desperate."
He then drove to a lake, and tried to burn the clothes he had been wearing, using petrol and some papers from his car.
But nearby construction workers spotted the fire and used shovels to save some of the papers - which had Linn's name and address on them.
Linn was arrested a short time later and claimed he had given the cash to an associate.
But police became suspcious when they heard a rustling noise coming from his bottom.
On further investigation they discovered a roll of cash protruding from his anus, the newspaper said.
Linn was remanded in custody and will reappear on June 5 to be sentenced.
- NZPA
