UK OAP gives it to the robbers

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 12:08

I saw this on the news this morning, did make me smile, i bet her family told her off though



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110207/tuk-handbag-heroine-takes-on-armed-robbe-45dbed5.html

zookeeper


Joined: 17/03/2010
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 12:28

Well done the lady in the red hat! I hope she gets a huge reward from the insurance company.

TRNCVaughan


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Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 12:38

She'll be lucky not to be charged with assault!

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 21:13

Vaughan . The Human Rights Lawyers are considering a prosecution. ) )

Blackbird



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Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 21:48

Re message 2...I hope so to...

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 21:52

The elderly lady deserves a medal AND a reward.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 21:54

I thought she was one brave lady, they must have been amateurs as they didn't stab her, they were more scared of her. She needs some reward as it was captured on cctv and world news.

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 23:50

Veta saw this on the evening News of the most popular TV station in Russia !!..



She'll be a world-wide heroine by tomorrow morning - FAIR PLAY... she was the first to react..

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:04

F - A- N-T-A-S-T-I-C did you see her running up the road amateurs is not the word getaway vehicle ----- a Scooter



thank goodness she wasn't hurt

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:10

It was also on main tv channels in Turkey as well.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:13

I can only admire her for her bravery but I do wonder whether in hindsight she might look back and realise how lucky she was not to have been seriously injured, who knows what these thugs could have done to her.



On saying that, thank goodness there are some people around who do not just sit on the sidelines!

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 09:48

Do you not think that it is worrying that someone would stand there recording it all rather than rushing to help?

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:14

Perhaps the camera person had to control their instincts to give immediate assistance realising that film was going to be invaluable in the ensuing investigation ? Certainly would be a dilemma for them.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:19

The video has been removed... :((((





DD

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:23

Never fear, good old you tube!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLPBkZ74zo





DD

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:27

News this morning



media was camped outside her house all day yesterday and she did not talk to any one , they offered lots of money



she just wants to get on with her life and would do it again she said.....



she was out shopping in the market yesterday and apparently wouldnt accept that she was a heroine

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:39

she says she wants all the fuss to go away and she is putting the red coat to the back of the wardrobe



her daughter/son lives in the States and saw the video on Tv, before the ladies name was mentioned, the son/daughter, said "i know that person, thats my mum".....

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 11:04

deputydawg

Any jeweler's I know in the Uk have their own CCTV cameras and my guess is that there were plenty of street cameras that caught the action.

I think it is sad that some one can stand there and film it all going on when there are peoples lives at possible risk.

Unfortunately a sad indictment of British/English society today.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 11:37

AJ

do you apply that same criteria to news reporters aropund the world filming scenes of violence. You appear to be a typical Brit basher.

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 11:42

Dave.message 12. That's exactly what I said to my wife when they showed it on the news.

Quarmby


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Posts: 975

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 11:54

So you would have been in there with her?

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:14

Quarmby

I find your comparison with what happened in a street in Northampton with world wide violence a bit bizarre.

News reporters around the world that report about conflicts put themselves at risk and they know they cannot change anything but they can only make the rest of the world aware of what is going on.

The person involved in recording the footage in Northampton did it only (as far as I am aware) to sell it on to the first newspaper that wanted to buy it.

To me that is sad.

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:43

Leave Deputydawg alone, how dare you question his motives, this man has served for a lifetime in the British Army and his reputation alone refutes slurs from you, you know who you are!



Disgusting!

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:46

I meant leave AlsancakJack - my mistake but the rest of what I said I stand by! Some people get their rocks off by slurring and trying to sully people's motives, this forum is not for that purpose.



Get yourself out into the sunshine and get a life.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:30

Calm down dear, this is a forum where one is entitled to give one's opinions. No one is slurring anyone's reputation. Whatever one has done in life is totally irrelevant to this thread.It would be very sad if we all have to reveal what we did in life to get respect.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:44

AJ

apparently it was filmed by a freelance photographer so I suppose he could get renumeration for his footage.Are not other photograpers/camera people doing their jobs, not also being paid for doing their job?

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:53

AlsancakJack. At the time I made the post I was not aware of the identity of the camera person. Am I not allowed to believe that until confirmed it could have been for example somebody wheelchair bound or a young child who any right minded person would not wish to take such risk ?