Novelist carries out bank raid same as plot of one of his books

A novelist who penned a story about a failed bank raid is to stand trial in Germany for carrying out a heist identical to the one he wrote about.
Like the character in his book the writer found himself struggling to make ends meet and so decided to rob a bank.
But like in the book, things didn’t go according to plan. On January 26 this year, in a district of Leipzig, he entered a bank wearing a mask and carrying a starting pistol.
He threatened staff and ordered customers to lie on the floor.
After getting the counter cash he ordered a teller to open the safe which was protected by a time delay system. After 25 minutes on the premise he fled with the euro equivalent of £32,000.

But the delay meant police were en route and arrested him as he got outside.
In his book the villain flees on a bike and changes clothes hidden behind an oak tree.
In real life the robber novelist had a bike...and clothes hidden behind an oak tree.
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State prosecutor Hans-Joachim Walburg charged the unnamed man, 49, with extortion under threat of force, extortionate abduction and illegally carrying a starting pistol.
According to his defence lawyer, Stephan Bonell, the defendant will make a “full confession” when he comes to trial next month.