Burglar busted, bashed by boxing grandpa

[PopCulturePooka]

Alliteration ahoy!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25717069-38200,00.html

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A WOULD-BE thief made the worst mistake of his career after breaking into the house of a retired Army boxer.

Gregory McCalium, 23, fronted court yesterday with a black eye and a fat lip after he was busted - and subsequently bashed - by 71-year-old Frank Corti in Mr Corti’s house in Oxford, UK.

Mr Corti said he was woken in the middle of the night by noises in his house and was confronted by the knife-wielding McCalium when he went to investigate.

He said McCalium “took a slash” at him, but Mr Corti ducked and threw two big right hooks at the lout.

And Mr Corti knows how to throw a right hook – he was famous for it as a featherweight in the Royal Engineers.

The blows almost knocked McCalium out, allowing Mr Corti to perform a citizens’ arrest and wait for the police.

McCalium’s lawyer told the court his client “looked like a car accident”.

“Photos of the scene looked more like a murder scene,” he told the court.

The judge wasn’t moved, saying McCalium “got what he deserved” before sentencing him to four-and-a-half years’ jail.

WTF is this? The brutal old boxer needs to be PUT AWAY. The young man was obviously just trying to provide for his family.

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[riona]

Excellent. I always heard the UK court systems were a little bit fucked (not that I know, really), but this gives me hope. Yay for the judge, and the old man.

[haterllnation]

I read that story but there was no picture added. Holy crap. That old man laid into that dude. If he's getting it handed to him by an old man, I can't imagine how he'll do in prison. Score one for elderly boxers.

[Dresh]

He had it coming for that douche 'stache alone.

[Swede]

Dude definitely had it coming, no sympathy here. Always good to hear stories like this, people who prey on the weak kind of make me sick :clap:

[Charrington]

Excellent. I always heard the UK court systems were a little bit fucked (not that I know, really), but this gives me hope. Yay for the judge, and the old man.

Last I heard murder was like a 9 year charge in England, don't know about the rest of the UK

[stsparky]

My worry is that when the punk gets out - he'll attempt revenge on the grandfather with a weapon. You know criminals can be extremely stupid.

[haterllnation]

My worry is that when the punk gets out - he'll attempt revenge on the grandfather with a weapon. You know criminals can be extremely stupid.

Yeah, and the old man will lay into the other side of his face. Maybe he can send him back looking like a panda.

[Charrington]

Yeah, and the old man will lay into the other side of his face. Maybe he can send him back looking like a panda.

Unless the guy comes back with a gun and shoots him in the face. I imagine he'll have a bit of trouble punching a bullet out of the way.

[haterllnation]

Unless the guy comes back with a gun and shoots him in the face. I imagine he'll have a bit of trouble punching a bullet out of the way.

Honestly, I think this dude could ram the old man's house in with a tank and still fail his objective. My money is still on the old timer.

[bluestars87]

Now that is what I call a citizen's arrest. That guy got his ass WHOPPED. Cool story.