Two more men have been arrested after an armed robber was chased from a Dorset bank by a passer-by.

BBC: Two further arrests after Poole HSBC armed bank robbery

Last year, a suspected armed robber tried to escape by leaping into the gorilla pen at the Johannesburg Zoo.

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Mr Donoghue said further investigations into Huckerby's telephone records pointed to an address in Manchester which was known to have links with a convicted armed robber.

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The prisons ombudsman, Stephen Shaw, has recently ruled that two prisoners, Michael Sams, a murderer, and Rifat Mehmet, an armed robber, should not have been allocated to Woodhill and has called for their cases to be reviewed.

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Armed police, a helicopter and dog units assisted in pursuit of the robber.

BBC: Two further arrests after Poole HSBC armed bank robbery