Armed robber stops to feed crying baby
Published: 2013 July 25 19:27:27 (5133 Views)
An armed robber with a gentle side has been arrested after he stopped mid-raid to take care of a crying baby.
Kojek Mista and four accomplices, armed with swords, guns and knives, broke into a house in Tangarang, 20 miles from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, and held all the awake adult occupants captive.
Mista told Indonesian reporters that he and his gang gained entry in the early hours of the morning by scaling a wall.
The baby's mother, Mrs Lewa, who owns the house, awoke and screamed when she saw the robbers in her room. The gang pointed a gun at her and the commotion caused the boy to wake up crying.
It was then that Mista realised an awkward truth: his mother and nanny were unable to help, since he'd just tied them up.
At a police press conference in Jakarta, Mista, who faces ten years in jail, told reporters how his conscience kicked in.
'I asked his mother how to make him stop crying. She said he had to be fed with milk,' he explained.
'I gave it to the baby while cradling him. Not long after, the baby fell asleep so I put him in bed. I have a kid, so I know how to cradle a baby.'
The gang managed to escape with items worth more than £3,000 but were later caught. Four were arrested and one was shot dead by police.
- Metro
Kojek Mista and four accomplices, armed with swords, guns and knives, broke into a house in Tangarang, 20 miles from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, and held all the awake adult occupants captive.
Mista told Indonesian reporters that he and his gang gained entry in the early hours of the morning by scaling a wall.
The baby's mother, Mrs Lewa, who owns the house, awoke and screamed when she saw the robbers in her room. The gang pointed a gun at her and the commotion caused the boy to wake up crying.
It was then that Mista realised an awkward truth: his mother and nanny were unable to help, since he'd just tied them up.
At a police press conference in Jakarta, Mista, who faces ten years in jail, told reporters how his conscience kicked in.
'I asked his mother how to make him stop crying. She said he had to be fed with milk,' he explained.
'I gave it to the baby while cradling him. Not long after, the baby fell asleep so I put him in bed. I have a kid, so I know how to cradle a baby.'
The gang managed to escape with items worth more than £3,000 but were later caught. Four were arrested and one was shot dead by police.
- Metro
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