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U.K. women use handbags to help catch fugitive
| A truly heartwarming story. |
LONDON British police are looking for a trio of handbag heroes. They want to congratulate the three women who, armed only with their handbags, helped trap a fleeing fugitive. But they don't know who they are.
 | | This image from CCTV issued by West Mercia police on Thursday, shows shows two of three woman, seen here at bottom right, and top chasing the fugitive, left. [He's cornered, lol] |
The man, who was wanted on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and assaulting three police officers, was being chased by police across a bridge in Worcester, central England on Dec. 14. Uniformed and plainclothes officers had been chasing the man for several minutes.
Closed-circuit TV captured one woman who blocked the sidewalk, forcing the fugitive to run into the road, while a second woman lambasted him with her handbag. The third woman then joined in, forcing the man to run into the arms of a nearby van driver, who held him until police arrived.
There they were, all minding their own business, when they realized simultaneously that action needed to be taken, West Mercia police spokesman Richard Bull told The Associated Press. They didn't know one another, but they all thought the same thing.
They surprised the man, but also demoralized him after all, the world and his wife were already after him, Mr. Bull added."Wow, Nigel, did you see that?"
"Yeah, they were great!"
"How'd they do it, ya think?"
"They used matching #9 truncheons Guccis."
"Inspirin', it was." |
He said police do not encourage citizens to apprehend suspects, who can turn nasty.| They always say that and ruin a perfectly good act by solid citizens. Killjoys. |
But we admire greatly what they have done.
| Fuckin-A, bubba. Make sure that everyone inside knows about this. That way he might actually be rehabilitated... after a fashion. |
Posted by: .com 2006-12-22 |
