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May 27th, 2011 at 5:41am

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All I can say is don't mess with grandma (I used to live near Melbourne);

An 89-year-old Australian woman who used a handbag to beat off a knife-carrying would-be robber said Friday she would do it all again, adding she would have "killed him if I could".
The woman, known only by the pseudonym Jean, was chatting with two friends in an underground car park in Melbourne on Thursday after buying a bottle of wine to enjoy after a day's shopping when a "grubby" man approached.
When he allegedly held a knife to the throat of Jean's 82-year-old lifelong friend and demanded her handbag, Jean acted without hesitation.
"I thought he was going to kill (her) and I wasn't going to have that, and I just hit him with my bag on his face," Jean said.
"I'd have killed him if I could."
The grandmother with the knife at her throat had already attempted to kick the would-be thief in the groin.
"He was just saying 'Give me your bag! Give me your bag! And I said: 'No way'," the woman, who asked to be known as Marie, said.
"I tried to kick him in the groin but I could not move my leg far enough or high enough."
The man fled after a male passer-by came to the defence of the women, but not before their 71-year-old companion had memorised the number plate of the stolen car he used to escape.
Police were impressed by the women, who survived the incident with handbag intact and only a small cut to Marie's hand, which did not require treatment.
"It was a pretty scary thing to go through, for even me, let alone an 82-year-old," said Senior Constable David Millar.
"I wouldn't say [Marie is] feisty at all, she's just a nice old lady."
 

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Reply #1 - May 27th, 2011 at 6:51am

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ozzy72 wrote on May 27th, 2011 at 5:41am:
All I can say is don't mess with grandma (I used to live near Melbourne);

I don't think nationality has anything to do with it. Most people of her generation would do the same thing.
 

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Reply #2 - May 27th, 2011 at 2:31pm

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My grans wouldn't have. Mainly 'cos by the time they'd started to move my grandfathers would have had the perps head in their hands and left a large saliva sample in the stump that was his neck Grin
But I agree with you 100% Doug, I love stories like this in the news, it's just nice to see some low life have a REALLY bad day Grin Grin Grin
 

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