Four foot nine inches, 25-year old Vicky Lowell halts a robbery by a six foot man brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun and chases him 300 yards to his get away car. The police then use the plate information she obtained to arrest the perp.
It’s a cool story but, as it happened in England, and she beat him with her stiletto-heeled shoe, I’m surprised she was given a medal and not arrested.
This being England I'm surprised she was able to determine what a fake gun looks like. After all, aren't pistols banned there?
Of course, the Telegraph article ends with a litany as to why this may NOT be done by others.
What the law says: Have-a-go heroes have no special rights to take the law into their own hands. People who act as policemen or intervene in fights run the risk of prosecution unless the law gives them specific rights or powers.England has certainly lost some of its spine since WWII.
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