{"product_id":"9781742624181","title":"Bank Robbery for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were tagged \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDumb and Dumber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by the US media in a story that made headlines - and jokes - around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Australian boys on a working holiday in the snowfields of the American Rocky Mountains decided to rob a bank. Their plan was so hopelessly inept that although they escaped with over US$130,000 after threatening bank staff with a replica pistol, the trail of clues they left ensured they were identified almost immediately. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the many things they did wrong was to rob a bank where they were regular customers (staff instantly recognised them and their impossible-to-disguise Australian accents), to tip a taxi driver $20,000, and then to photograph themselves holding up bundles of the stolen money, all before attempting to buy one way tickets to Mexico in cash. From the moment the alarm was raised, it took the Vail Police department all of eight minutes to identify the two boys as the culprits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what started as two young larrikins planning something stupid soon became deadly serious as both Anthony Prince and his partner Luke Carroll faced life imprisonment for armed robbery. Their youth, previous good behaviour and obvious remorse persuaded the US court to give them a reduced sentence but they were still to serve almost five years in some of America's most violent penitentiaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300960190704,"sku":"9781742624181","price":20.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781742624181_p0.jpg?v=1763703377","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781742624181","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}