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Last updated on August 10th, 2017 at 10:37 am

Two bandits, one of them armed, last night attempted to rob a Sydney pub. One fled when confronted by security. The other was dealt with by locals:

Once the locals had finished subduing the youth, nobody needed to guard him until the police arrived.

Posted by Tim B. on 04/20/2006 at 10:46 AM

Tried to rob a pub? The bastards!
Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2006 04 20 at 11:05 AM • permalink

Well, let’s have a vote here:
The two bandits, one of them armed, last night attempted to rob a Sydney pub are:
Idiot(s)_________________.
Imbecile(s)______________.
Moron(s)________________.
Posted by El Cid on 2006 04 20 at 11:18 AM • permalink

The gunman is described by police as being slim, about 175 centimetres tall, with olive skin, and wearing a white hooded top, which obscured his face, blue jeans and white sneakers.
Green or black?
Posted by Texas Bob on 2006 04 20 at 11:51 AM • permalink

It’s always good to read a good news story … or is it?
ps: Texas Bob … get my message?
Posted by Stevo on 2006 04 20 at 12:10 PM • permalink

#3 kalamata?
Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2006 04 20 at 12:25 PM • permalink

“Sod off bandy!”
Posted by Bill Spencer on 2006 04 20 at 02:21 PM • permalink

My kind of locals.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 04 20 at 02:39 PM • permalink

Should be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Delightful Understatement.
Posted by Baby M on 2006 04 20 at 03:46 PM • permalink

That would have been the result to any BLF union members had they have had the balls to turn up at the Bellevue Hotel for Tim’s christmas drinks last year!! 🙂
Posted by Hank Reardon on 2006 04 20 at 06:20 PM • permalink

Its a good news story until we hear that police have just charged the locals for assault.
Posted by Mike.A. on 2006 04 20 at 07:56 PM • permalink

#10 WTF!
Do you have a link?
Posted by murph on 2006 04 20 at 08:41 PM • permalink

I wonder if the locals dropped their beers, or used one hand to restrain the crim and the other to continue what they were doing.
There were 443 armed robberies across Sydney last year compared to 734 in 2003 according to .this article. I wonder how many were with illegal firearms, yet used to justify tougher gun laws to be equally disobeyed.
I can’t find any report online in the Telegraph. Anyone got a hard copy with additional information?
Posted by Dan Lewis on 2006 04 20 at 10:08 PM • permalink

I think an incident like this should be called an example of “Flight 93 Syndrome”.
Posted by rinardman on 2006 04 20 at 10:12 PM • permalink

rindarman: I prefer the phrase “93rd Volunter Infantry”
Posted by Baby M on 2006 04 20 at 10:42 PM • permalink

#3 – Pitted and pimento stuffed.
Posted by triticale on 2006 04 20 at 10:42 PM • permalink

ah yeah, but wait, if it goes to court, there will be a counter-court case, claiming assualt or some shit.
Posted by darrinh on 2006 04 20 at 11:52 PM • permalink

Dumb bastards shouldn’t have picked Ladies’ Night…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 04 20 at 11:52 PM • permalink

Baby M: I like ‘A pack, not a herd’ myself.
Posted by Achillea on 2006 04 21 at 12:10 AM • permalink

Ha ha! Reminds me of the ‘porn king’ who got robbed awhile back, and went after the little thieves. He beat the crap out of them- using bolt cutters on one, then dumped them at a police station and left his details.
More stories like this and robbers will start to learn…
#2- El Cid- I’m going to vote Imbeciles.
Posted by anthony27 on 2006 04 21 at 04:14 AM • permalink

Not so lucky as the thug who smashed up two cars (girl drivers in them) and managed to break his ankle when it got caught under the second..
The girl told the cops who said they couldn’t identify him (night crime) and she was told to change her licence plates for safety etc.All up she forked out one thousand smackas and was terrified into the bargain -now too afraid to go out at night in the car.
Recently she was contacted by a private investigator who informed her that the culprit was claiming third party insurance against her(had the licence number) and that if she wanted to dob him in again to the cops,knowing his identity she would have to pay for the privilege.Incidentally he was being defended by the Aboriginal Legal Service…
O/T Why did Austraya bail out East Timor with U.N. permission? To stop Indonesian soldiers and “militia” from attacking them.
What did I hear on the news yesterday?
The East Timorese Police are torturing lawbreakers -East Timorese lawbreakers.
What lesson should we take from that…
don’t bail out West Papua.Get it Uniting Church Greenies,Dems,Fems and all round do-gooders.
Posted by crash on 2006 04 21 at 05:35 AM • permalink

#17, I wasn’t there, I swear. Wish I had been, though.
Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 04 21 at 09:14 AM • permalink

Depends on how much credibility you give Human Rights Watch, I guess.
But to me, the benefit of protecting East Timor isn’t just in protecting East Timor. It’s also in letting Indonesia know that it can’t get away with everything.
That they’re complaining about what they call “economic refugees” from coming to Australia tells me they haven’t quite learned their lesson yet. Unless they’re terrorists or criminals, it’s none of Indonesia’s business who we allow in.
Posted by Andjam on 2006 04 21 at 08:19 PM • permalink

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