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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostShe deserves to go to jail for assault. I think the robber should sue.
I hope she's sent down for a long long time and the blaggers are duly compensated for post traumatic stress disorder due to being beaten up in public by an old lady.
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostAlso an honourable mention to the bloke who filmed it, for watching from a safe distance until Doris had downed one of them and beaten the rest off, before rushing in to share in the glory.
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Also an honourable mention to the bloke who filmed it, for watching from a safe distance until Doris had downed one of them and beaten the rest off, before rushing in to share in the glory.
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if you look carefully, you can see the lips of one robber
he is saying
'fck off mum, what are you doing here? this is my blag today'
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostCredit must go to the thieves too, who obviously had no wish to cause injury and did the honourable thing in beating a hasty retreat when faced with an old woman with a handbag. A rare honour amongst thieves?
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Credit must go to the thieves too, who obviously had no wish to cause injury and did the honourable thing in beating a hasty retreat when faced with an old woman with a handbag. A rare honour amongst thieves?
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Originally posted by aussielong View PostWhat cracks me up is that when she is hitting the robbers, the jewellers are pulling down the shutters. Leaving the poor old lady to fight on her own. Shouldn't the jeweller have helped the old lady once he saw she was involved? I suppose it all happened in the heat of the moment.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostIf the jeweller has a sense of decency he'll give her a smart watch or a high value gift voucher.
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostThank goodness the old dear wasn't hurt.
Pity one of them didn't get run down by that white van
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Originally posted by aussielong View PostEnglands finest woman today.
What an example.
The state should give her double pension for life and send her on a nice holiday to see her son in the USA.
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AtW will be along soon to tell us that this wouldn't have happened if the old woman had been carrying an AK47
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Originally posted by original PM View Postwon't be long before she is in court on an assault charge
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