One-legged bandit! Bungling bank robber is caught when his false LEG falls off in struggle with customers leaving him unable to run away A 45-year-old man was arrested with the help of public and bank staff Friday In a tussle with customers, the robber's false leg fell off, scuppering his escape Another man escaped after attempting to rob the Sabadell branch in Alicante It is believed the attempted robbery may be linked to other hits on banks
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A bungling bank robber has been caught after his false leg fell off in a struggle with customers.
Staff and customers helped police apprehend the 45-year-old Italian man who had held up a bank branch in Spain at gunpoint with another man.
The incident happened at the Sabadell branch in Alicante on Friday.
Police were informed that two men had burst into the bank, one of whom brandished a gun and demanded staff handover cash from the tills.
But after the alarm was raised, customers, staff and passers-by grabbed one of the men and grappled him to the ground.
In the tussle, the man's false leg fell off, leaving him unable to run away, police