Spain's most wanted thief, 'The Loner', saw himself as a Robin Hood-style figure and said he robbed banks only because they stole from the public, his lawyer said.
Accused of killing three policemen and holding up more than 30 banks, Jaime Jimenez Arbe was planning to move on to insurance companies when he was arrested last month, Spanish media reported, citing lawyer Jose Mariano Trillo-Figueroa.
"I am not a killer and if I was obliged to shoot at officers of the law, it was always against my will and in order to avoid being arrested," Jimenez said in a letter reproduced in several newspapers.
Mr Trillo-Figueroa said Jimenez, who robbed the banks disguised in a false beard and a wig, thought of himself as Curro Jimenez, a Spanish 1970s television bandit in the style of Robin Hood.
'The Loner' was arrested in Portugal, armed with a submachine gun in preparation for another bank robbery.
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