A hapless Italian robber who became stuck for eight hours in a tunnel that was dug as part of an alleged attempt to raid a bank had to be rescued after his gang called the authorities for help.
The four-man band allegedly started excavating the tunnel from an abandoned shop near the Vatican in Rome but when a section of it under a road collapsed, one of them found himself trapped around 20ft underground.
A massive rescue operation was launched, with a large red digger gouging a huge hole in the road to allow around 30 firefighters and other specialists to access the tiny tunnel.
An abandoned shop near the Vatican. Brilliant!
It’s interesting that they call him a “robber” given that he was just digging a tunnel. In this country we would call him an intrepid, if unfortunate, potholer.
The Red-Headed Liga?
My ambition is to tunnel all the way to Bangalore to meet all those Indian blokes called Sean.
This is why they didn’t get Italians to do The Italian job.
A number of years ago a number of robbers spent a weekend tunnelling to get to a cash machine in Aylesbury. I can’t remember the reason it failed but Tim worked out that had they have been successful they would have “earned” less than the minimum wage.
Many years ago, my local Asda was broken into by somebody going through the ventilation shafts – until they got stuck head-down in a shaft. Found a few days later when the staff reported the disgusting smell.
An abandoned shop near the Vatican. Brilliant!
Just across from the money changers.
“Please, coppers, take us alive!”