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| Teenage girl fights back and beats up muggers |
| 2007-06-24 |
| THREE would-be muggers got more than they bargained for when their teenage target fought back and beat them up - and lectured them while she did it. The 17-year-old girl punched the male thug in the groin and let loose on the two females with him when they jumped on her. The trio, who were trying to steal the teen's car, ran off "with their tails between their legs". The incident happened in the undercover car park at Darwin's Casuarina Square last week. The teenager, who did not want to be identified, said she panicked when the trio approached. "I was walking to my car alone and they were yelling out 'give me your keys, give me your car, give me your bag'," she said. "I hopped in the car in a panic and tried to lock the doors but it didn't work. I got dragged out of the car and they hit me a few times. "I kept thinking 'you're not taking my dad's car - I've already damaged it once'. "Then the guy tried hopping in the car and grabbed my handbag but the strap got caught on the gear stick. "I just swung and hit him in the nuts and he hit the ground screaming." The teen said she then elbowed one of the girls in the face - giving her a blood nose - and they ran away. The teen's 57-year-old father said he was "bloody mad" about the attack but was proud of his daughter. "I told her never to do that again as they could have had a knife or anything," he said. "But it sounds like she certainly showed them a lesson or two. She's never been in a fight before, but she's a pretty tough girl. She told them 'what are you doing out here robbing people, you should be at school'." Police are investigating and have obtained security footage of the alleged incident. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #9 When one's had as much practice as I've had, twobyfour dear... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-24 22:45 |
| #8 LOL! TW, you make such wonderfull apologies! :-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-24 22:02 |
| #7 You're right, Penguin. My apologies to the miscreants for making unsupported assumptions. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-24 21:31 |
| #6 Where does it say that the thugs were South Asian? What muzzie would committing crimes with women as accomplices? That would be immodest. Sometimes you guys need to check yourselves. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-06-24 21:15 |
| #5 Security footage of the lad getting beat up by a girl so badly he lay on the ground screaming? He'll have to move back to Lebanon to escape the shame. Except I think it would be a perfect YouTube posting -- with names of the miscreants listed in sexual order. Lots of teenagers are pretty sensible most of the time. And highly aware of the cost to the family of damaging the car. Thanks for sharing the good news, Oztralian. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-24 21:04 |
| #4 And to think it happened at Darwin's... |
| Posted by: imoyaro 2007-06-24 20:51 |
| #3 Actually, she seems to have many senses. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-24 20:30 |
| #2 Just another incident of their teenage target fought back and beat them up - and lectured them while she did it. Being lectured whilst getting your ass kicked. Now that's gotta sting! "I kept thinking 'you're not taking my dad's car - I've already damaged it once'. Astounding, a teenager with a sense remorse. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-24 20:05 |
| #1 Was suppose to post this in the 'Local' section - feel free to delete if u wish. |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2007-06-24 19:16 |