Man thought Bank robbery was April Fool prank

[Gromit]

Customer Andrew Stewart was sitting down reading a newspaper in an Exeter branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland on March 31 last year when a raider burst in and demanded money.

Brian Davison, 32, put his hand inside his back pack then told cashiers: "I've got a gun. Seriously I've got a gun � hand over the ******* money".

But as terrified cashiers prepared to hand over a bundle of notes, Mr Stewart calmly walked up to the robber and said: "It's April the 1st isn't it mate? It's April Fool's Day".
When Davidson said to him "I've got a gun I will shoot you", Andrew replied "go on then shoot me" and grabbed the bag from his hands.

He opened it in front of staff and after seeing it was empty sat down and carried on reading his paper, Exeter Crown Court heard.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/how aboutthat/5077153/Man-foils-bank-robbery-after -assuming-it-was-an-April-Fool.html

And without looking at the link first, can you guess the sentence?

[SeaJayPea]

Well, it's a bloody funny story, fair do's to the guy. But the criminal was only charged with Affray, not any for of robbery. That'll explain the light sentence. He was given a 30-month sentence and now has a two year Community Order.

The funny thing is, he won't need to spend any more time in jail because he's already spent, according to the newspaper, 403 days on remand. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but if the date of the offence was 31st March last year, and today is 31st March just one year later, then he certainly hasn't spent 403 days on remand.

Or am I missing something?