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[image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/clap.gif] Old timer fucked that punk up. [image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/laugh.gif] Burglar left bruised and bleeding by retired boxer, 72 A burglar who broke into a house and threatened a pensioner with a knife got more than he bargained for when the victim turned out to be a retired boxer who left him bruised and bleeding. [image: http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/cluezo2/boxer_1434110a.jpg] (http://s289.photobucket.com/user/cluezo2/media/boxer_1434110a.jpg.html) The court heard Frank Corti (right) was at home in Botley when Gregory McCalium, a neighbour, forced his way in. Frank Corti, 72, who served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa from 1956-58, dodged the knife and punched Gregory McCalium, 23, twice in the face, giving him a black eye and a swollen lip. He then restrained the attacker until police arrived. McCalium, a barman, was given a four-and-a-half year prison sentence at Oxford Crown Court on Monday for aggravated burglary and was told by the judge he had "got what he deserved". The court heard Mr Corti was at home in Botley, Oxford, with his wife Margaret, 72, when McCalium, a neighbour, forced his way in at 8am on Aug 19 last year. McCalium was drunk. Speaking after the case, Mr Corti said: "I was scared when he first drew the knife, but my old training must have kicked in because I just punched him as hard as I could and he went down like a sack of spuds. If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?" McCalium had denied the charge and claimed he could not remember what happened. Burglar left bruised and bleeding by retired boxer, 72 - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5698062/Burglar-left-bruised-and-bleeding-by-retired-boxer-72.html)
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Good outcome! Two punches and he's down? Bravo! Maybe there was more than alcohol involved if he doesn't remember anything...
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That's a lot of damage for two punches.
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All this before breakfast too. Looks like he got his mouth shut and then his eye. Wifey was probably not ready for visitors seeing her in her nightgown. One may never know what went on there before the police came.

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