Posted on 06/30/2009 1:21:24 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A knife-wielding burglar got a shock when he attacked a pensioner in his home - a couple of right hooks to the face.
Gregory McCalium had not realised that 72-year-old victim Frank Corti was a retired boxer.
This police mugshot of 23-year-old McCalium, taken soon after he was arrested at Mr Corti's home, shows the facial injuries the OAP inflicted as he made a citizen's arrest.
Today, McCalium is beginning a four-and-a-half year prison sentence after a judge told him he 'got what he deserved.'
A court heard how Mr Corti - who served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa from 1956-58 - was at home with his wife Margaret at the time of the incident.
McCalium, a neighbour, smashed his way into the couple's home and lunged at Mr Corti with a blade.
The pensioner dodged the knife and punched the intruder twice in the face, leaving him with a black eye and swollen lip.
He then restrained McCalium until police arrived.
After the sentencing, Mr Corti said: 'We are very pleased (with the sentence) because our life was severely disrupted by the incident and we are pleased he won't be troubling us for a few years.
'I had to restrain him before he could go and get the knife.
'I was scared when he first threw the knife, but most people would have acted in the same way.
'If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?'
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Lol...
The punk would look even better if Mr Corti had given him a lead pellet injection.
Don’t miss with the old folks! You never know who it might be.
Wish he would have balanced that one black eye with another.
looks like that lip ring gave that old guy a pretty good target. Let’s hear it for the old guys...
Mr. Corti packs quite a wallop. Imagine what would have happened if he had hit the creep while still in his prime...
OH MAN! Having had a piercing in my lip as a clueless 20-something, I can’t imagine the pain he felt when that man’s fist hit his mouth. I bumped it sleeping and it felt like a firecracker went off in my mouth.
Serves him right, the little punk!
“If you can’t defend what’s yours, where are we at?”
USA, 2013?
Not the same person. Not even close.
Great story!
I keep a few sawed-off baseball bats around the house for just such an occasion.
Never bring a knife to a ..... well, a fight with a fighter I suppose.
This is the UK, right?
All of a sudden, sticking all that metal in your face doesn’t seem like such a smart idea.
ROFLMBO!!!! I needed that! Thanks! Stupid kid!
This happened in the UK. The pensioner was not armed. No one in England is allowed to be armed. The bad guy had a knife. England just went about outlawing pointy knives. Did that help? Duh. That ratbastard was lucky the pensioner didn’t meet him at the door with a double bit axe. Governments going about outlawing weapons does nothing but make themselves feel good that they are doing something to help the populace. Had this pensioner had a firearm, this would have ended much faster. I personally prefer the three tier system. .45 cal pistol, backed up with nice big machete, backed up with 55 pound fearless mutt with big nasty pointy teeth. Kinda like the bunny in the Holy Grail. “There are some who call me....... TIM.”
The burglar is lucky to be alive.
The boxer may wish later he had not spared his life.
Gotta love a ‘feel good’ story!!
What do you want on your knuckle sandwich punk?
I vaguely remember a story like that here in the USA... very similar...a young punk attacks an elderly ex-marine if I remember correctly and gets his clock cleaned!
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