Crazy bank machine pays £195 jackpot

Police.......1....... last night investigating the mystery of a mad money machine which banded out a jackpot payment to a week-end shopper.

Brewery worker Mr David Baker tapped out a request for £15 on a National Westminster Bank cash dispenser at Kingston, Surrey, and........7........ rewarded with about £195 in crisp fivers. At their home in Kingston his wife, Mrs Deborah Baker, 30,

said: 'He immediately handed the money over to the police. He

........$......... quite astonished.

'Some of the money obviously belonged to the lady who

................ used the machine before him.She........?......... wanted £50

and got nothing.

 

'The machine.......§........ obviously gone up the wall. My husband handed over the £50 to the lady behind him,........7........ he was still left with quite a lot of money.'

A spokesman for National Westminster said: 'Luckily there

.........8......... a member of the staff nearby.........9.........the machine

......J.L.... switched off.

'I just do not know what made it go berserk. It is a normally reliable machine. We...... U....... make a thorough investigation.'

At Kingston police station a spokesman said: 'We have had a

number of complaints about the machine. I sent a young special constable down to investigate but I.......1........ not heard from him for some time - perhaps he.......P....... gone to the South of

France...'

 

 

6 Imagine that you are David Baker. Write the story of what happened to you when you went to get money from the National Westminster Bank cash dispenser.