When a gambling addict failed to get a job at a Birmingham bookies, he held it up at gunpoint instead, making off with £17,000.
But bungling Umar Mirza was rapidly collared – because he had left his CV, containing all his personal details, with the boss.
Mirza, 26, of Arden Road, Aston, walked in to Paddy Power in Hurst Street at 8.25am on March 27 this year, wearing a hood and mask.
Police later recovered a betting slip, on which he had written ‘I have got a gun.
