Armed robber caught trapped under a shutter in Durham.
The presence of mind and a little courage can also save a person from many difficult situations and recently a person in the United Kingdom made this thinking come true.
In a highly unusual situation, a brave shopkeeper in the city of Durham foiled a robbery at knife point by trapping an intruder under the store’s roller shutters.
according to a Issued by Durham ConstabularyLast month Malcolm Trimble walked into a Durham city store with a kitchen knife up his sleeve, picked up four packs of lager, then threatened the shopkeeper.
But she didn’t consider the quick thinking of the shopkeeper, who ducked behind the counter, fled the premises, locked the door to keep the intruder inside, then triggered the system to lower the shop’s metal roller shutters from the outside. cooled off.
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Realizing he was about to be trapped, Trimble tried brute force to open the door and eventually forced the shopkeeper to release his grip on the handle, attempting an Indiana Jones-style slide to escape the descending shutter. Did.
Unfortunately for him, his errant slide lands him inside the store with his head resting on the floor and his torso in the street, where the stricken victim is calmly calling the police. After a brief but ultimately futile attempt to break free, Trimble consoles himself by reaching for one last can of lager to drink during his final moments of freedom.
Within three minutes of the 999 call, officers arrived inside the store to find the suspect lying on his head in the street. They opened the shutters and immediately arrested him.
At Durham Crown Court yesterday, Trimble, 30, was jailed for three years and four months after admitting attempted robbery and possession of a knife.
Detective Sergeant Paul Mawson, of Durham Constabulary, said: “It wasn’t the most difficult arrest I’ve ever made. To be honest, it was an open and shut case.”
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