Woman attempts penguin robbery

A woman in the US has attempted to rob a petrol station with the assistance of a toy penguin.

Would-be thief Andri Lynn Jeffers threatened a Chevron clerk by claiming she had a bomb concealed within her sweater and warned she would blow up the store if her demands of cash were not met.

However, the worker explained that as the store was about to close, the register was empty.

Frustrated with her lack of success, the criminal fled the store - only for the clerk to clock her car's licence plate, allowing Andri to be identified.

According to Yavapai County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Dwight D'Evelyn, she later confessed the item hidden under her jumper was actually a toy penguin, rather than the promised bomb.