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Gun-toting Granny Shoots off Rapists Testicles
Ashville Tribune ^ | unattributed

Posted on 04/14/2004 7:08:26 AM PDT by tdadams

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off
when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the
unsuspecting ex-cons down - - and shot off their testicles.

The old lady spent a week hunting those men down -- and when she found them,
she took revenge on them in her own special way,- said Melbourne police
investigator Evan Delp. Then she took a taxi to the nearest police
station, laid the gun on the sergeant's desk and told him as calm as could
be: 'Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by God.'

Cops say convicted rapist and robber Davis Furth, 33, lost both his penis
and his testicles when outraged Ava opened fire with a 9-mm pistol
in the
hotel room where he and former prison cellmate Stanley Thomas, 29, were
holed up. The wrinkled avenger also blew Thomas' testicles to kingdom come,
but doctors managed to save his mangled penis, police said. The one guy,
Thomas, didn't lose his manhood, but the doctor I talked to said he won't be
using it the way he used to, Detective Delp told reporters. Both men are
still in pretty bad shape, but I think they're just happy to be alive after
what they've been through.

The Rambo Granny swung into action after her granddaughter Debbie was
carjacked and raped in broad daylight by two knife-wielding creeps in a
section of town bordering on skid row. "When I saw the look on my Debbie's
face that night in the hospital, I decided I was going to go out and get
those bastards myself 'cause I figured the Law would go easy on
them, "recalled the retired library worker. "And I wasn't scared of them,
either -- because I've got me a gun and I've been shootin' all my life. And
I wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."

So, using a police artist's sketch of the suspects and Debbie's description
of the sicko's, tough-as-nails Ava spent seven days prowling the
wino-infested neighborhood where the crime took place till she spotted the
ill-fated rapists entering their flophouse hotel. I know it was them the
minute I saw 'em, but I shot a picture of 'em anyway and took it back to
Debbie and she said sure as hell, it was them, the oldster recalled.

So I went back to that hotel and found their room and knocked on the door --
and the minute the big one, Furth, opened the door, I shot 'em right square
between the legs, right where it would really hurt 'em most, you know. Then
I went in and shot the other one as he backed up pleading to me to spare
him. Then I went down to the police station and turned myself in.

Now, baffled lawmen are trying to figure out exactly how to deal with the
vigilante granny. What she did was wrong, and she broke the law, but it is
difficult to throw an 81-year-old woman in prison, Det. Delp said,
especially when 3 million people in the city want to nominate her for
sainthood and a medal.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bang; guns; justice; rape; revenge; rumor; shooting; vigilante
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Nice shooting, Granny!
1 posted on 04/14/2004 7:08:29 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: tdadams
She turned them into democrats, I see.
2 posted on 04/14/2004 7:11:42 AM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: tdadams
Why is it that an 81 year old grandmother can find these guys and the police, in a week, could not?
3 posted on 04/14/2004 7:12:11 AM PDT by 2banana (They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
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To: tdadams
Funny, but an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/justice/grambo.htm
4 posted on 04/14/2004 7:13:01 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (If opposites attract, John Kerry must really like himself!)
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To: tdadams
I wonder if she will adopt me? I would love to say she is my Granny. Way to go!
5 posted on 04/14/2004 7:13:43 AM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Brad Cloven
I usually check snopes on stories that seem suspicious. Odd that this was published in a newspaper.
6 posted on 04/14/2004 7:14:16 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: San Jacinto
Nah, the perps were just Laborites (this was Australia) wanting a go.
7 posted on 04/14/2004 7:15:17 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo [Gallia][Germania][Arabia] Esse Delendam --- Select One or More as needed)
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To: tdadams
Finally, a new release from the Brothers Grimm.
8 posted on 04/14/2004 7:15:37 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: tdadams
So much for those people who say that a 9 mm. isn't powerful enough to stop a crook. It sure put a stop to these creeps.
9 posted on 04/14/2004 7:16:14 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("The right to bear weapons is the right to be free" - A. E. Van Vogt)
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To: Admin Moderator
Apparently I got snookered. Feel free to pull this urban legend post.
10 posted on 04/14/2004 7:16:54 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: tdadams
Urband legend I am sure. But fun nevertheless.

If Granny keeps this up, sheesh, we'll have to buy her a bomber jacket, and then attach a series of ________ patches along the sleeve to show how many of these criminal buzzards she has neutered.

11 posted on 04/14/2004 7:18:13 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Granny... now there's a hero. Maybe she'd be available to "convince" Andy Rooney that he ought to support the troops a little better!
12 posted on 04/14/2004 7:20:27 AM PDT by BillyCrockett
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To: tdadams
And I wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."

Wow! Way to Go Granny. Fantastic attitude on her part. Including the sense to disobey an evil new regulation. She will have to be ground into dust by the state apparatchik of course. Socialist power simply cannot tolerate individual acts of courage and strength. The trouble is that what she did was very illegal and morally right, and rarely have I seen a situation that so sharply separates morality from law as this.

13 posted on 04/14/2004 7:20:54 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: tdadams
Go Grannnnnnnny!!!!

NeverGore :^)
14 posted on 04/14/2004 7:21:37 AM PDT by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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To: tdadams
Nice shootin' Tex.
15 posted on 04/14/2004 7:22:10 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (KILL-9 needs no justification.)
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To: lafroste
Urban Legend??

DANG.

16 posted on 04/14/2004 7:22:18 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: lafroste
Damn! Wish it was true.
17 posted on 04/14/2004 7:24:32 AM PDT by cajungirl (<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
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To: Brad Cloven
Bailiff! Whack his pee-pee.
18 posted on 04/14/2004 7:26:46 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: 2banana
Why is it that an 81 year old grandmother can find these guys and the police, in a week, could not?

True, but I'd be worried if she shot the wrong guys. It didn't seem to happen in this case, but what if?
19 posted on 04/14/2004 7:29:13 AM PDT by Cronos (W2K4!)
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To: tdadams; Travis McGee; Joe Brower; bang_list
"And I wasn't scared of them, either -- because I've got me a gun and I've been shootin' all my life. And I wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."

Way to go granny. Give this lady a medal.

20 posted on 04/14/2004 7:30:48 AM PDT by jjm2111
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