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Range Rovers are super popular targets for theft, not least because of their high price tag. It seems that a couple of thieves thought they could easily get their hands on one of the luxury SUVs, only to get a beating from a granny sitting inside.
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On June 21, a mother stopped in front of a post office in Melbourne, Australia to submit a passport application. The two thieves saw her running inside and decided they were going to take the Range Rover.
What they didn’t know was that it not only contained a feisty grandmother, but also her grandchild. Those motherly instincts kicked in and the 63-year-old grandmother punched the would-be thief in the face.
We really wish surveillance footage captured both the punch and the look on the man’s face afterward. Instead, it just shows him running away. What seemed like an easy score became a quick ticket for pain.
Other grandparents and parents have fought off car thieves, some armed because there was a child or children in the vehicle. That instinct to protect can be fierce, and these petty criminals don’t seem to really understand it.
In this case, the would-be Range Rover thief ran away to his buddy and getaway driver who was behind the wheel of a stolen Mazda pickup. According to 9News, he listened to gangster rap and danced to it like nothing in the world bothered him.
Police believe these two are part of a gang that steals cars around Melbourne and has committed a number of armed robberies and aggravated burglaries. In other words, they have used violence to take things from their victims, so this grandmother may have been the only one to return the favor.
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