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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.
That’s the way it should be, if someone comes into your home, you should be allowed to protect yourself and your family, even at the cost of the intruders life. The world would be a better place if we could have more control on our own property. I do wonder if the judge would have been so against the intruder if the victim wasn’t old. I hate hearing the stories of criminals who end up suing their victims based on them getting hurt while robbing you.
Hell yea, I take my hat off to Mr Corti he is a inspiration to us all and i also take my hat of to the judge a fine person who saw justice was serverd. “got what he deserved” damn straight
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This is the kind of justice the rest of the world needs. Someone willing to say, “I will not bow down in fear.” And a judicial system that will back up the individual exercising his right to protect his home and property. If I could I would shake the hand of Mr. Corti. Well done indeed.
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hell to the yeah! this guy (not the robber) is now my idol! i’d say hes no ‘feather’weight, more of a ‘heavy’weight hitter.
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