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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Seaward & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Dopey thief tries to raid a Post Office wearing a Sainsbury’s plastic bag as a mask

A dopey thief attempted to rob a Post Office wearing one of Sainsbury’s trademark bright orange plastic bags to conceal his identity.

Jed James, 29, cut a big slit in the carrier so he could see where he was going, giving the game away.

The dim-witted criminal demanded cash and cigarettes from a worker behind the till in Cowley, Oxfordshire, on August 23.

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