Furious coach driver blocks NatWest entrance after bank wrongfully closed his account and 'ign

A COACH driver blocked the entrance to a NatWest bank this afternoon after his business account was "wrongfully" closed.

Mumtaz Rasool, 55, parked outside the Crawley branch because he spent five days trying to get an answer from staff who claimed his account was "missing".

Rasool decided to start a "peaceful protest" to stop the bank trading when he couldn't operate his own business.

When he went to the bank to initially report the issue, Rasool claimed the manager made him wait for 45 minutes, and could only offer him a leaflet.

He claimed he sent a number of emails, and tried to call but was "ignored".

He told Metro.co.uk: "I’m supposed to run a business and bills are not being paid, money is bouncing back.

"So I decided to take the coach down and block the bank’s entrance. Why should they be able to trade when I can’t?"

Police were called to the scene this afternoon, but Rasool said officers were very understanding and fined him only because he parked on the pavement.

He said NatWest had not offered him an apology.

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A Natwest spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: "We can confirm an incident took place this afternoon outside the NatWest Crawley branch.

"Fortunately no one was hurt in the incident and the branch has since reopened. Police attended the scene and we are cooperating with them in their investigation.

"If customers have any concerns they can contact us via telephone banking or they can visit the branch."

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