Austrian robber jailed after forgetting card at bank

VIENNA - A bank robber who was arrested because he left his account card at a branch where he had checked his balance just before holding it up was sentenced to four years in jail.

The knife-wielding robber was identified as a 32-year-old former policeman from Serbia after a clerk who witnessed the heist found the plastic card in the branch shortly afterwards, Austrian news agency APA said today.

Police arrested the man a little later, after he tried to deposit some of his 14,260 euros ($27,416.00) loot in his account to reduce his overdraft and reported his card as lost.

- REUTERS