Crime just doesn’t pay. At least it doesn’t for six grown men who thought they could pull off a smash and grab in broad daylight at a London jewelry store. In the video you can see the men showing up on mopeds wearing biker helmets to hide their faces, they repeatedly tried to smash the store front windows with sledge hammers. But to no avail, their blows just bounce off the tempered glass.
As one witness videotaped the failed caper, an elderly woman can be seen running over towards the would be robbers, purse in hand. She then proceeded to beat the robbers furiously with her handbag, sending them scurrying like rats. As if her initial act of bravery wasn’t enough, when the men tried to escape on their mopeds, she gave chase to them and managed to knock one off the bike. Onlookers were then able to hold him until the police arrived.
The attempted robbery occurred October 14th 2010, but footage of the event just surfaced online today.Since then four of the men involved have been arrested, tried and sentenced to 4-8 years in prison respectively. Two of the robbers are still on the loose to this day.
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