Robber behind 'perfect crime' gives self up

Toni Musulin disappeared with his vehicle while on a delivery round in the eastern French city of Lyon on November 5, shortly after taking charge of sacks of cash from a local branch of the Bank of France.

The heist, which admirers said appeared to be the perfect crime, turned Musulin into a folk hero with Facebook groups, a flood of Twitter entries and at least one Web site presenting him as a plucky underdog turned criminal mastermind.

One firm even started selling t-shirts emblazoned with Musulin's face. But on November 9, Musulin's plans started to go awry as police found most of his booty, more than 9 million euros, in a garage in Lyon that he had rented out under an assumed name.

Then, after two weeks on the run, Musulin turned himself in on Monday, a French police spokesman said, declining to say why.

Just after the disappearance, police had found Musulin's flat had been cleared out and his bank accounts emptied, suggesting that he had been preparing his coup for some time. The security van was found abandoned shortly afterwards.

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