How unlucky can you be?

A local Canberra story, and an entry in the world’s unluckiest criminal stakes.  I’d thought dumbest, but on reflection I think its just bad luck not his own stupidity.

Justin Daniel Maliganis held up a service station in the early hours of Saturday morning, threatening the attendant with a knife.  However, while he was there, the attendant noticed that a police car had just pulled into the station, and stalled the would-be thief by telling him he could not open the till.

The police officers who had turned up for petrol saw the robbery in progress and arrested Maliganis on the spot.