31.   He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds it was a botched robbery and he never intended to kill Tolani.

32.   His companion, Margaret Jagger, was wounded in the botched robbery.

33.   Irish Prime Minister John Bruton castigated Sinn Fein for refusing to condemn the killing last week of an Irish detective during a botched robbery.

34.   Masked assailants believed to be carrying Kalashnikovs continued to elude a police manhunt Friday after a botched robbery attempt and ensuing gunbattle left three police officers injured.

35.   Mbatha and Dlamini were convicted of murdering Asvat in a botched robbery and sentenced to death.

36.   Spivey saw the botched robbery but had failed to identify Crumitie until he pointed him out in court Tuesday.

37.   Spivey saw the botched robbery but failed to identify Crumitie until he pointed him out in court Tuesday.

38.   The attack, which police said appeared to be a botched robbery attempt, took place Monday evening in the remote area on the Afghan border.

39.   The defense has suggested that Mrs. Neulander, manager of a chain of bakeries, may have been killed during a botched robbery.

40.   The Irish Republican Army acknowledged responsibility for the botched robbery, which was the first breach of the cease-fire it had declared two months earlier.