Pensioner holds up building society (From Oxford Mail)

Pensioner holds up building society

7:30am Thursday 2nd February 2012 in Banbury

A MAN walked into a building society yesterday with a replica gun, sparking a police alert.

He walked into the Nationwide in Market Place, Banbury at 11.15am yesterday with what police believe was a replica plastic firing pistol.

Thames Valley Police spokesman Adam Fisher said: “Police were called at around 11.15am following reports that a customer in the bank had a gun.

“No attempt was made to steal anything in the incident and no one was injured.”

He said: “The weapon is believed to be a replica plastic firing pistol.”

Nationwide spokesman Katie Moore said: “We are aware that an incident took place at our Banbury branch.

“We cannot give any further comment as this is subject to a police investigation.”

A 63-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and was last night in police custody.