4 Men with Sledgehammers vs. 1 Old Woman with Purse - Neatorama

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It wasn't her fight; it wasn't her store. But when four men in Northampton, UK, tried to smash their way into a jewelry store with sledgehammers, an old woman with a purse decided to put an end to their thievery:

Four men are being held by police after a gang of crash-helmeted robbers wielding sledgehammers was put to flight by a pensioner who attacked them with a handbag.

Video footage of the attempted robbery at a jeweller's in Northampton town centre showed the unlikely have-a-go-hero crossing a road and jogging briskly towards the six-strong mob as they smashed the shop's windows.

The raiders, who had arrived at the scene on three scooters, drove away just moments after the red-coated pensioner, thought to be aged in her 70s, began lashing out at them with a large black handbag.

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So let me get this straight. No one in the store did anything. No one driving by did anything. Even the person FILMING didn't do anything [maybe at least zoom in on the getaway bike license plates]. It took an old lady running up - OUT OF HER WAY - to get people involved. Unbelievable.

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So they were going to steal some jewelry by smashing through the windows of a store, a ROLEX store filled with high-dollar merchandise and therefore filled with high-tech security...while it was OPEN, in broad daylight with people and cameras all over the place recording their every move in a crisp color and high-def digital video?

Yeah, that was a brilliant plan which surely would have never failed if it weren't for that meddling old lady and her 26-pound pocketbook!

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i don't buy it.

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Actually the store people lowered their shutters to try to keep them out. Interesting scenario though

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I think the fact that they ran away had more to do with the closing shutters than the old lady swinging her purse. That woman was just plain stupid.

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I am pretty sure it was the officer in the high-vis jacket and 5 chavs dressed in black that were running (waddling in the cop's case)in that scared off the guys.

Respect towards the old lady, though.

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I can't help but notice that her body has a white light around it jk hahaha

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I'm with Raf3. I don't buy it either. Maybe a stunt. Just seemed strange all around and strange how everyone is dressed in black or brown or blue, EXCEPT the old lady. And she's in the brightest Santa Claus red possible (to highlight her?)

I'm a skeptic.

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