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Regrets of a Punk Bank Robber

Gilles Bertin, the frontman of a French punk band ended up going on the run for 28 years.

Punk rockers have a reputation for not sticking to the rules, for having an anarchic tendancy. But Gilles Bertin was in another category altogether. A big name on the French punk rock scene in the 1980s, he became better known for his crimes, and the decades he spent on the run. A few months ago, he finally stood trial for an armed robbery he'd committed nearly three decades earlier. He's been telling Outlook's Harry Graham about his remarkable life.

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(Image: Gilles Bertin. Photo credit: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images.)

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