BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian Internet poll Wednesday revealed a
new national hero, bank robber Attila "Whisky" Ambrus, who escaped from
jail four days ago.
In the poll, 1,008 Hungarians hoped Ambrus, who never harmed anyone during
his 27 bank robberies, would avoid the police's clutches. Only 91 people
wanted him caught.
Ambrus, 32, has stolen 142 million Hungarian forints ($578,100) at gunpoint
in the last six years. He was initially arrested on January 15 after losing
precious time during a getaway trying to recover his dog, Don.
Police nicknamed him "Whisky" when investigations showed that each robbery
was preceded by reconnaissance during which he drank at least one shot of
the drink in a bar near his target.
Press reports said a U.S. film producer had offered Ambrus more than the
sum of his ill-gotten gains for movie rights to his story, and Hungarian
publishers were racing to get book rights for memoirs he had started writing
before he escaped from prison.
Hungarian police were baffled by Ambrus's popularity.
"This is human stupidity," Budapest police spokesman Mihaly Dezsi told Reuters.
"It was 27 counts of armed robbery. Full stop."
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new national hero, bank robber Attila "Whisky" Ambrus, who escaped from
jail four days ago.
In the poll, 1,008 Hungarians hoped Ambrus, who never harmed anyone during
his 27 bank robberies, would avoid the police's clutches. Only 91 people
wanted him caught.
Ambrus, 32, has stolen 142 million Hungarian forints ($578,100) at gunpoint
in the last six years. He was initially arrested on January 15 after losing
precious time during a getaway trying to recover his dog, Don.
Police nicknamed him "Whisky" when investigations showed that each robbery
was preceded by reconnaissance during which he drank at least one shot of
the drink in a bar near his target.
Press reports said a U.S. film producer had offered Ambrus more than the
sum of his ill-gotten gains for movie rights to his story, and Hungarian
publishers were racing to get book rights for memoirs he had started writing
before he escaped from prison.
Hungarian police were baffled by Ambrus's popularity.
"This is human stupidity," Budapest police spokesman Mihaly Dezsi told Reuters.
"It was 27 counts of armed robbery. Full stop."
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