article_snippet: ‘I’ve done a bad thing.
article_snippet: Assault-rifle wielding thug tried a bank raid while on day release... but was taken by a gang of have-a-go-heroes .
article_snippet: At the Barclays on July 25 last year, robber
article_snippet: Fearing for their lives, a number of customers ran out into the street.
article_snippet: The commander, along with the bank's assistant manager Dean Smith and Michael Duncan - a trainee ambulance driver - followed the suspect along Borough High Street.
article_snippet: It turned out that the weapon was a deactivated assault rifle, classified as an imitation firearm.