In a bizarre turn of events, a man who brazenly robbed a NatWest bank by threatening to detonate a fake Tupperware box bomb has been sentenced to over five years in prison after he used the stolen £5,000 to pay off parking fines owed to Ealing Council.
Bruno Felix-Navalha, a 40-year-old consultant residing at Newark Crescent in Ealing, found himself deep in debt to the tune of £60,000 when he decided to commit the audacious heist. Donning a hood, reflective sunglasses, and a Covid mask, he entered the Park Royal branch of NatWest, armed with a food container box that he had disguised as an improvised explosive device (IED). He threatened bank clerks with the fake bomb, claiming he would detonate it if they didn’t fill his rucksack with cash.
