Pants balaclava helps police trap shop robber

A bungling robber used fabric from a pair of pants to fashion a homemade balaclava – but was rumbled when police found the one-legged trousers hidden at his home.Paul Bartlett used his DIY mask to carry out three shop raids in as many days in Sutton Coldfield where, alongside accomplice Adam Breen, he made off with cash, cigarettes and alcohol.During one robbery Bartlett (pictured left), from Kemble Drive in Castle Vale, referred to Breen by name in front of shop staff and spent several mi