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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... （點擊《衛報》查看原文）

英國彪悍老太單人擊退6名劫匪

???????日前英格蘭北安普敦郡的一家珠寶店遭到劫匪搶劫，但是讓人大跌眼鏡的是，最后嚇退劫匪的不是警察，而是一名彪悍的七旬老太。

???????一段視頻恰好拍到了事件的全過程。六名頭戴頭盔的劫匪騎車來到珠寶店門口，兩名把風，剩下四人則試圖用手中的大錘砸爛櫥窗偷走里面的貴重商品。

???????這時，從街對面跑來一名身穿紅色外套的老太太。她用手中的皮包不停砸向劫匪，試圖制止他們的犯罪活動。

???????這群劫匪顯然被這位見義勇為的老太太嚇了一大跳，見勢不妙，跳上摩托車倉皇而逃。