A biker who crash-tackled an armed man to the ground after he tried to hold up a club in Sydney says the bandit "picked the wrong night" for a robbery. The Southern Cross Cruiser Club was holding a meeting at a club in Regents Park, in Sydney's west, when two men armed with machetes stormed in and approached staff at the bar. The group of about 50 motorcycle enthusiasts was in another room when they were alerted to the alleged robbery. "I was in the middle of giving my meeting and someone ran in and said, 'The place is being robbed'," club president Jester told ABC radio. He said while one alleged offender jumped over a balcony and ran into a nearby park, the other man tried to escape through a roller door at the front of the club. "So we ran around the roller door out the front and as this guy opened the roller door, we crash tackled him in the doorway," Jester said. The man managed to escape after being knocked to the ground and tried to climb a fence out of the property, Jester said. "He fell on my arm so I let him go and he got up, so we chased him to the fence," he said. "We caught him at the fence and crash-tackled him and hog-tied him to the ground and waited for the police to get there." Jester said the man had picked the wrong night for the alleged robbery. "Yeah, he picked the wrong night I think," he said. "If they'd only looked, right when they walked in the main door, they would have seen 40 or 50 of us sitting there. "Obviously they couldn't see out of the balaclavas, because they didn't even look. "I don't think he did his homework very well." Jester praised the efforts of Auburn police, who he said were at the scene in a matter of minutes. The officers later located the other alleged robber in a nearby street. One of the men sustained minor injuries and was under police guard in Westmead Hospital. The other man was being questioned by police.
utick wrote: » 2 burglers broke into a house armed with a knife and a hammer, one of them was stabbed by the man of the house. tbh im not a violent person but seeing as the justice system isnt a detterent what choice do we have but to defend ourselves aggresively. http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/suspected-burglar-stabbed-at-house-in-north-dublin-1300706.html
monosharp wrote: » Knowing our justice system, the man of the house will be prosecuted.
A shopkeeper has said he is "relieved" to not face a murder charge after a man who tried to rob him was stabbed to death with his own knife.
lafors wrote: » They said on the news this evening that they found the scummer on the kitchen floor. I remember hearing on the news about a case (could have been in america though) where the lad got sent to jail because they were downstairs and not upstairs i.e near the family sleeping quarters, so the judge said they weren't in danger! I hope the man doesn't get done for it, I'd have done the same thing.
MikeySligo wrote: » If the "man of the house" is in any way punished I swear to God, I am leaving this country for good, dunno where I'll go, but I'm leaving. If a man can't stab a fella in his own house these days, what can he do.
Raspberry wrote: » I think the person who owned the house is just as much of a scumbag for stabbing the guy. The only way I could think that stabbing another human being is right is if he was in fear for his life.
Raspberry wrote: » Stabbing someone for breaking in to a house is not justice. What the burglar had been killed? How can you justify killing someone over probably a few hundred quids worth of stolen goods? I think the person who owned the house is just as much of a scumbag for stabbing the guy. The only way I could think that stabbing another human being is right is if he was in fear for his life.
Raspberry wrote: » Stabbing someone for breaking in to a house is not justice.
irishbird wrote: » You are obvisiouly not a homeowner! no one had the right to enter your property and put you in fear for your children's life. you are meant to feel safe in your home. If someone broke in my house, i would have no problem inflicting the most amount of pain on them i could. I will not allow scumbags make me feel scared in my own house. These scumbags dont work, they live of the state, mine and your taxes and they are still entitled to break in to your home and take what they like - actually fcuk, i think i will give up work and just break in to your house and take what i want
irishbird wrote: » Unfortunately, we live in a country where scumbags have more rights then the rest of us. You can Guarantee this poor man will be either arrested or sued by the burglars.