Robin Banks: Master Criminal
Insert the phrasal verbs that fit best into the gaps in the story below.
You will need to conjugate the
verbs appropriately.
abide by
buy off
account for
come forward
act for bail out
do in get away
bang up
go off
beat up
hold up
blow up
let off (with)
break out
make off with
break in/into
pat down
Robin Banks was once a typical citizen in the town of West Walton who worked 5 days a
the law just the
same as everybody else. And
week, paid his taxes and
then one day, as he was coming through a supermarket checkout after finishing his shopping the
by
a security guard. They found
a
theft alarm started beeping and he was,
bar of chocolate in one of his pockets. Robin explained that he had answered a call on his cell
phone while looking at the chocolate and accidently put it in
his pocket without thinking. The
but the supermarket
manager insisted
that
security guard was going to
they call the police.
him
the manager,
Banks was very angry by the time the police arrived and a very heated argument had
started between him and the manager of the supermarket. The manager insulted
Banks'
mother
and Banks lost his temper and
It
took 4 police officers and
the security guard to restrain him and the manager had to be taken to hospital. Banks was taken to
the police station and charged with theft and GBH. He was remanded in custody
but was
for five thousand pounds by his wife and children.
On the day of the trial, the lawyer
him told the judge that Robin
Banks was truly sorry for attacking the manager but he did not steal the chocolate on purpose. The
banks
for 1 year anyway
because he said
judge sympathised but decided to
that violent crime could not be tolerated. Banks lost his temper once more and threatened to
Threatening the life of a judge got Banks an extra three years
added to his sentence.
the judge.
Robin Banks was in prison for less than a week before he
escaped. He made an explosive device and
and
one of the walls in the
prison library which overlooked the street outside. He jumped through the hole in the wall created
in a waiting car. His wife was interviewed by police
her movements at the time of the escape, the
by the explosion and
and when she couldn't
police arrested her for aiding and abetting a fugitive from justice although they never had enough
evidence to charge her.
banks, shops and
Banks went into hiding and started to
businesses, stealing as much as half a million pounds in less than two months. He used the money
wisely and bought weapons and sophisticated equipment to help him in his work. He used a special
kind of bomb for blowing the doors off of safes. When the bomb
very little noise and concentrated the explosion to the sides so that the money inside would
remain intact. In one bank in Norwich, he
hundred and fifty thousand pounds after getting into the main safe.
The police offered a very high reward for his capture but nobody.
a total off six
it made
as the public seemed inclined to support him after a financial crisis had left everybody with a low
opinion of banks. He also had so much money that he was able to
some
of the local politicians who instructed the police to concentrate their resources on traffic violations
rather than chasing bank robbers. However, his luck ran out when he was caught, completely by
accident, when he tried to
a bank at night. He got stuck in a window and
could not move until the police came and rescued him.
The police have charged him with multiple crimes and he is to stand trial next month.

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