Store manager Darren Prior was shot during an armed robbery, but escaped injury because the bullet hit his mobile phone
Posted on 05/11/2007 6:44:50 AM PDT by bedolido
A jeweller shot in the chest during an armed robbery escaped injury because the bullet hit his mobile phone, a court heard yesterday.
Shop manager Darren Prior, 25, was chasing the raider who had looted his shop of diamond rings worth £50,000.
Despite the raider firing a "warning shot" past him, Mr Prior continued the pursuit down an alleyway, where the gunman suddenly stopped and turned before firing at him from just 20 feet away.
Store manager Darren Prior was shot during an armed robbery, but escaped injury because the bullet hit his mobile phone
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Guess I should’ve kept my old LG phone.
I thought guns were outlawed in England? How could this have possibly happened?
I wonder why he wasn’t stabbed, the most common method of battery on the other side of the pond.
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