A robber put a pillow case over his head to hide his identity – then had to take it off as he couldn’t see.
Matthew Davies stormed into a Bank of Scotland branch in Dunfermline armed with a meat cleaver last September.
The 47-year-old pulled the weapon from a pillow case before putting the bedding item on to cover his face.
But a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow was told Davies had to quickly to remove it.
Prosecutor Stewart Ronnie said: “This was due to a failure to create eye holes.”
Davies still managed to get his hands on almost £2000 before leaving and then petting a dog.
He is now behind bars after he pled guilty yesterday to a charge of assault and robbery.
Davies, also of Dunfermline, will be sentenced next month.
In the early morning bank raid, he told a cashier: “Give me the money. I am f***ing warning you.”
Davies was initially given about £300, but demanded more.
He motioned towards a female customer and stated: “I don’t want to f***ing hurt her.”
Davies then repeatedly battered a glass partition at the counter with the meat cleaver.
He grabbed £1980 before a man going into the bank bravely decided to tail the robber as he escaped.
Mr Ronnie said: “He (Davies) was described as walking slowly, even stopping to pat a dog.”
Davies was followed to the street where he stayed. At his home police found cash and a pillow case “consistent with what he put over his head”. They also discovered a stun gun, which Davies pled guilty to possessing.
Davies’s solicitor Kevin McCallum told the court the case involved “slightly unusual circumstances”.
Lord Turnbull will sentence Davies on February 21.
