Posted on 05/13/2010 4:16:35 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Confronted by a desperate robber carrying a handgun, most of us would simply get out of the way.
But not 48-year-old Martin Richardson. He’s 18-stone and powerfully built.
What’s more, at the time of this dramatic standoff, he was in a bad mood.
As these extraordinary CCTV pictures show, raider Azar Sulman quite simply picked on the wrong guy.
Father-of-six Mr Richardson stood his ground with his hands in his pockets before attacking Sulman, 20, with a chair.
After flooring the raider, Mr Richardson used a judo move to pin him to the ground and kept him there for seven minutes until police arrived.
Judge Scott Wolstenholme praised the have-a-go hero’s ‘tremendous courage’ and awarded him £250 during Sulman’s trial at Leeds Crown Court.
The robber was sent to a young offenders’ institution for six years.
Mr Richardson, in hospital yesterday after breaking his arm in a rugby match, is being recommended for a bravery award.
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He then stood in the way, staring down the barrel of a gun. ‘He wanted me to open the door and kept shouting he would shoot me if I did not open it,’ he said.
‘I looked him in the eyes…he was just a few feet from me. I thought “if he shoots me he shoots me, but I am not opening the door.
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‘To be honest I was probably a bit stupid doing what I did, but I was being threatened, as were the staff, and I wanted to stop the guy. I did, so it was worth it.’
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18 stone = 252 lbs
Well done, Mr. Richardson!
can’t be true,,, handguns are illegal there.
Everything is logged and response times by police are monitored - 7 minutes between the 999 call and police arriving.
The game of rugby instills a casual attitude towards injuries and personal safety.
I spent a week in the hospital every year that I played the game.
Bad guy is 20 years old and they send him to a “young offender’s institution”?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Martin-Richardson-Clobbers-Robber-Azar-Sulman-In-Raid-At-William-Hill-Bookmakers-In-Burley-Leeds/Article/201005215631288?f=rss
“Then I heard him demanding cash at the counter and knew he was raiding the place.
“He came over towards me and ordered me to open the door. He was pointing the gun in my face and was telling me he would shoot me. He had a bad attitude.
“I saw red and grabbed a chair instead - the rest is a bit of a blur - but I used my judo skills to get him down.”
Also, I just read today, that starter pistols have been banned as well. If you get caught with one, you get five years or more.
Yes, obviously a phony video - there are no handguns in England, so this must have been staged.
I would think after this huge guy beat someone with a chair, they wouldn’t need to be pinned down.
Must have been in the U.S. or your statement would have read:
I spent a week in the hospital every year that I played the game.
“Sulman, 20, used a fake handgun to hold up the counters in a bid to fund his £200-a-week cannabis habit.”
200 pound a week pot habit? Isn’t a pound over 2 bucks? That’s 400 bucks a week? I call bullshit.
Yes, these exist in England for criminals aged 15-20 at the time of conviction (17-20 for women). He will be transferred to an adult prison at the age of 21 (22 in some cases). They aren’t much different from adult prisons, they just have a higher staff/prisoner ratio and compulsory educational facilities.
“The game of rugby instills a casual attitude towards injuries and personal safety.
I spent a week in the hospital every year that I played the game.”
It does indeed. I hurt everyday of every season that I played. If my knees would take it, I would still be playing today.
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