'Polite Robber' Not So Polite After All - He Punched Police

[matcom]

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A MAN known as the "polite armed robber" because he apologised to his victims has tarnished his image.

Craig Robert Beale, 30, was today found guilty of a revenge assault on two police officers because he believed they framed him.

Beale had pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault causing bodily harm on Sergeant Mark Brand and Detective Senior Constable Shane Draper at Wacol Prison, in Brisbane's south-west, on February 6, 2002.

A Brisbane District Court jury took three hours to find Beale guilty of one count of assault causing bodily harm and one of common assault.

Beale, 30, maintained he was framed by police for a robbery for which he was sentenced to 12 years' jail.

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