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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Wow, that old man beat him stupid! Sometimes there is justice in this world, I guess.
Ain't that the truth! Not so good in a fight. They're great targets and just mark the "places to make blood come out". :-)
He didn't have to go far.
I am deeply saddened to see that the perp’s nose is still straight.
One of the best before and after pics I have ever seen !!!!!!
I keep having dreams of 0bama looking like that!
This report brought back some good memories.
There’s a great but obscure movie called “No Surrender”, about a fancy dress party where two parties of Irish pensioners, Catholic and Protestant, are invited to attend at the same time. One of the sub plots involves an old boxer who got blinded in the ring. Two thugs jump the guy in an underground passage and end up getting the crap beat out of them. One of the most satisfy scenes I have recently seen.
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