Bank Blag Bunglers: Three Stooges Banged Up

Three bungling bank blaggers, who snatched an empty cash box from a security guard and were captured after crashing their getaway car, have been locked-up.

Chanel Riscosa, 30, (pic.top), Nuaka Dimena, 29, (pic.mid.) and Basana Kimbembi, 31, (pic.bottom) thought they were going to be in the money after robbing a delivery at Barclays Bank, Beehive Lane, Gants Hill, Essex.

Getaway driver Riscosa, of Lyndhurst Road, Wood Green, was sentenced to four years and five months imprisonment and disqualified from driving for three years.

Dimena received three years and nine months and Kimbembi received three years.

The trio pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court to committing the robbery on December 21, last year and Riscosa also admitted driving dangerously.

Dimena and Kimbembi snatched the empty cash box from an armoured car security guard and jumped into a red Peugeot, driven by Riscosa, that was waiting in Tilotson Road.

The car was spotted a short time later by police in Redbridge Lane East and a pursuit ensued.



At the Charlie Brown Roundabout the suspects' car collided with two other vehicles and Dimena and Kimbembi – who suffered a broken leg in the crash - were arrested at the scene.

Riscosa ran from the car and was chased on foot before jumping over a wall.

The area was contained and police dogs subsequently found him hiding in a shed in the grounds of a school.



The cash box was recovered from the back seat of the car, hidden in a multicoloured laundry bag and next to a second bag containing a blow torch and screwdriver.