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Boy accused of armed bank robbery in Liverpool Boy, 15, admits 'video game' style Anfield bank robbery
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A 15-year-old boy has been charged with robbing a bank in Liverpool at gunpoint. A 15-year-old boy who admitted robbing a bank with an imitation firearm acted as if he was in a "real-life video game", a court has heard.
Barclays Bank, on Breck Road, was held up at 11:50 BST on Friday. The schoolboy, described as a "model pupil", stole £2,000 when he held up Barclays Bank in Liverpool on Friday.
Merseyside Police said the raider entered the bank and threatened staff with a gun before fleeing with cash in the direction of Belmont Road. His mother called police when she found the cash, stained with dye, and a fake firearm in his bedroom, Liverpool Youth Court was told.
No bank workers were hurt in the raid. The teenager is due at Liverpool Youth Court later. He will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on 15 October.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was motivated by "greed" when he carried out the raid at 11:50 BST in Breck Road, the court heard.
'Bizarre, surreal case'
Merseyside Police said the raider fled in the direction of Belmont Road after the robbery and no bank workers were hurt.
District Judge Ian Lomax said: "This is a very serious matter.
"It's an armed robbery but not in the conventional sense most people would recognise.
"It's a bizarre, surreal case of a young man almost acting like a real-life action video game.
"Nevertheless it was a robbery."
The boy was not known for misbehaving and admitted to police he was envious of other people's material possessions, the court was told.
The judge added his crime was "motivated by greed and immaturity" and influences that may have included "another pupil" or something he had "been watching or playing".