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Does My Bum Look Big in This?

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If ever there was a bum rap, this is it. When Sandra Meiser robbed a bank in Norf, West Germany; she got away with $24,000. Witnesses to the crime told police that the bank robber was a woman with "a very large backside and powerful thighs."

A few weeks later, Meiser revisited the scene of her crime. As she was standing in line, allegedly with intent to rob the bank again, a witness to the first robbery identified her by the size of her bottom.

According to a bank worker who was present, "He called the police and they arrested her and found her ski mask and hand gun in her jacket. He said he recognized her bottom straight away - he'd never forget something that big."

Meiser now faces up to 10 years in jail on robbery and firearms charges. The witness has bagged a $8,000 reward.