Bank Manager Holds Up Own Bank
Times are so tough that a bank manager and his brother tried to rob the formers bank. What happened is that the manager’s brother pulled up outside the bank in a van, then, according to witnesses, put on a wig, a hat, a false beard and a moustache; upon entering the bank, he seemed dismayed by the number of clients inside and so decided to abort the robbery by leaving.
But for one client that wasn’t good enough so he followed the man and called the Basque police who swooped down on the would-be robber. Police found a plastic bag with a fake gun inside, a magazine clip, some gloves and car keys; on suspicion of robbery, he was then arrested. Several agents then went to the bank for more information where the bank manager only admitted that someone had come in seeking information on some bank services.
Meanwhile, police had discovered the robber’s car which, as it turned out, was in the name of the bank manager; and that the robber was his brother.
It was then they both confessed to the plot which they had begun hatching months before. The confessed motive was economic problems they were both suffering.
Guilty Your Honour
A film short called ‘Guilty,’ filmed on location at a prison in León with prisoners instead of actors, debuted without the lead actor, a prisoner who had escaped while on a leave and is still wanted. The prisoner’s role was that of a person who kills another, and then while in prison he begins to experience tormenting visions of the man he killed, according to the film’s director, Rodolfo Herrero.
The film, which took five months to shoot, had to adapt to the disappearance of its main man. Certain scenes were eliminated, whereas others were replaced with scenic shots instead of those that featured the mug of the man. “I was well aware we were shooting in a prison, and understood the limitations and bureaucratic problems, but an escape was the last thing I expected,” confessed Herrero, who also said of the film that it was still a complete work because the most important scenes were shot near the beginning to avoid any possible complications.
In choosing his actors, he was limited to those prisoners who were allowed outside to film some of the scenes. He went with prisoners instead of actors because they argued about the script from day one, and knew from experience what would ring true about prison life. The prisoners also did all the usual movie things, filming, make-up, light and sound and so forth. “The prisoners seem very happy with how the film turned out, as it stays away from your typical American-style prison film.”
Most of the prisoners are in poky for drug trafficking, while the fugitive protagonist was doing time for murder. All prisoners said that doing the film certainly made a break from the boredom of prison life.
Joe White says he’s Innocent
José Blanco, Minister of Fomento and the PSOE’s current second-in-command (after Alfredo Rubalcaba, currently gunning to be our next president) is in the middle of a controversy after a Galician industrialist, Jorge Dorribo, accused him of accepting money in exchange for preferential treatment for the industrialist and his businesses.
Blanco, who has previously called for the resignations of PP politicians, caught up in scandals, declared, “I’m a Catholic, I examine my conscience every day, but there is nothing I need to repent of.” Blanco is also fed up with being called out (by the PP primarily) to explain what did or did not happen. As it stands, he is taking Dorribo to court for false accusations, and to vindicate himself from “these chains of lies.”