WMP pounced on Red Dwarf ‘Cat’ lookalike − jailed for eight years after security van robbery

West Midlands Police tracked down an armed robber after the security guard he attacked likened him to Cat from Red Dwarf!

Usman Ali, from Green Lane in Small Heath, threatened the Loomis driver with a hammer outside a Wickes store last July and made off with a cash box containing around £14,000.

The following day staff at a branch of Ladbrokes just yards from Ali’s home reported a man ploughing hundreds of pounds into gaming machines…notes that the eagle-eyed employees spotted were staine