A handbag-wielding granny foiled the plans of a gang of would-be jewelry thieves in Northampton, England recently.
The men were using sledgehammers to break into the local jewelry store as frightened employees looked on. But the plucky pensioner wasn’t intimidated. She started to wail on the thugs with her purse, and sent them on their way!
“We were terrified. We locked the door. We hid under the desk. We were really scared,” explained jewelry store employee Sarah Jane Brown. “And then, we looked outside and, God love her, she was running down the road, with her handbag in the air, banging them on the back of their helmet with her handbag.“
The old lady’s efforts worked a treat. One of the men fell off his moped as he made a hasty retreat. The waiting crowd detained him until police arrived on the scene. As the altercation was caught on tape, three further suspects have been arrested.
Now that’s what I call purse power!
