webeagle12 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Frank Corti, 72, who served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa from 1956-58, dodged the knife and punched Gregory McCalium, 23, twice in the face, giving him a black eye and a swollen lip. He then restrained the attacker until police arrived. McCalium, a barman, was given a four-and-a-half year prison sentence at Oxford Crown Court on Monday for aggravated burglary and was told by the judge he had "got what he deserved". The court heard Mr Corti was at home in Botley, Oxford, with his wife Margaret, 72, when McCalium, a neighbour, forced his way in at 8am on Aug 19 last year. McCalium was drunk. Speaking after the case, Mr Corti said: "I was scared when he first drew the knife, but my old training must have kicked in because I just punched him as hard as I could and he went down like a sack of spuds. If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?" McCalium had denied the charge and claimed he could not remember what happened. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5698062/Burglar-left-bruised-and-bleeding-by-retired-boxer-72.html p.s: Justice served! Ph1b3r0pt1c and Charisma 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Good I tip my hat to Frank (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted August 10, 2013 Subscriber¹ Share Posted August 10, 2013 pretty dumb to go pull a knife on a neighbour, when drunk, even if you dont remember. a punch like that should bring the memory right back, so i am pretty sure he remembered waiting for police with bloody face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Veteran Posted August 10, 2013 Veteran Share Posted August 10, 2013 Awesome, kudos to this man! Kondrath, Ph1b3r0pt1c, jren207 and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (Y) to the old man. Must have punched that perp's brain out... what little he had at any rate. Headline might seem a bit misleading to those who (like me) at first thought he just left the perp bleeding in the moonlight in the middle of a forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (Y) to the old man. Must have punched that perp's brain out... what little he had at any rate. Headline might seem a bit misleading to those who (like me) at first thought he just left the perp bleeding in the moonlight in the middle of a forest. LOL, I had the same impression. Which would have been awesome, by the way :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Good I tip my hat to Frank (Y) I'll see your (y) and raise you (y) (y) ;) Good for Frank - and I bet Mrs. Frank is quite pleased with the old boy. Hopefully this idiot has learned something, but I kinda doubt it. Shallow end of the gene pool etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Hopefully, Gregory had some sense knocked into him. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I guess that makes him punch drunk then :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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