The Unusual Suspect by Ben Machell review – a modern-day Robin Hood?
Last modified on Mon 8 Mar 2021 07.26 EST The homeless man sitting with his dog on a cold December night in Sidmouth must have thought it miraculous when a passing stranger dropped a roll of £20 banknotes in his hat. The stranger didnât stop or say anything, just walked away. Even odder, every note had been marked with two letters: RH. The stranger wasnât acting out of Christmas charity but from a sense of righteousness: he saw himself as a 21st-century Robin Hood, duty-bound to rob the rich and give to the poor. To which end, a few hours before, heâd held up the Lloyds TSB ...