This is the face of serial bank robber Paul Malina, caught on CCTV entering yet another branch where terrified staff were told they would be shot if they did not comply with his greedy demands for cash.
The 49 year-old, arrested in a late-night swoop by elite Flying Squad detectives, was caged for eight years for targeting nine Central London banks during a one-month spree.
He pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court to six robberies and three attempted robberies between July 22 and August 20.
His campaign began on at the Lloyds TSB, Southampton Street, Holborn, where he calmly joined the queue and passed a menacing note to the cashier, threatening to shoot them if cash was not quickly handed over.
The CCTV still captures Malina at a bank in Edgware Road, Bayswater, on August 10.
He was arrested thirteen days later at 10.30 pm when armed police swooped on his Earl’s Court hotel room.
DS Steve Kiely, who headed the investigation said: "During the offences Paul Malina intimated he was in possession of a firearm.
“He was intimidating to bank staff because of his stature and threatening words."
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