VIDEO | Bonnie&Clyde ‘find themselves’ in Naples: a couple of robbers in action in a bank

The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Naples are reconstructing the dynamics

NAPLES – Bonnie & Clyde style robbery in the Neapolitan capital. The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Naples reconstruct the dynamics.

THE DYNAMICS

In via Emilio Scaglione, Chiaiano district, a couple shows up at the entrance of a bank. The woman remains outside, in the street: it’s the pole. The other pulls a gun and a knife from his trousers and shouts. The man kidnaps everyone present and waits with them for 40 minutes. The time needed to unlock the timed ATM safe. The robber forces one of the employees to empty the ATM and collects just over 12 thousand euros. With the bag full of cash he signals to his accomplice that their work is finished and together they walk away. The sigh of relief is the only pause that the institute staff takes because 112 will ring a few moments later. The Carabinieri from the Vomero operational unit and the Marianella station arrive on site. A few frames of video surveillance images will be enough for him to recognize Giuseppe Merolla, a 38-year-old from Scampia. He is under house arrest and the military knows his face well. They also recognizeGiuseppina Aceto, his 40-year-old partner. They know where they live and when they knock on their door there is no way to escape the handcuffs. In the house, hat and balaclava used during the robbery, a blank revolver with 25 cartridges and 1520 euros in cash believed to be illicit proceeds. They are both in prison, awaiting trial. They will have to answer for complicity in aggravated robbery and kidnapping.