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A pensioner who broke up a jewellery heist by running towards the scene and attacking the robbers with her shopping bag has explained how it had all come about through a misunderstanding.

Ann Timson, a retired market trader in her 70s, said in a statement issued through police that her "mother's instinct" had kicked in because she thought the disturbance was being caused by a boy being beaten up... （点击《卫报》查看原文）

英国彪悍老太单人击退6名劫匪

       日前英格兰北安普敦郡的一家珠宝店遭到劫匪抢劫，但是让人大跌眼镜的是，最后吓退劫匪的不是警察，而是一名彪悍的七旬老太。

       一段视频恰好拍到了事件的全过程。六名头戴头盔的劫匪骑车来到珠宝店门口，两名把风，剩下四人则试图用手中的大锤砸烂橱窗偷走里面的贵重商品。

       这时，从街对面跑来一名身穿红色外套的老太太。她用手中的皮包不停砸向劫匪，试图制止他们的犯罪活动。

       这群劫匪显然被这位见义勇为的老太太吓了一大跳，见势不妙，跳上摩托车仓皇而逃。