An 84-year-old used a pair of jeans to help repel a masked man who twice tried to rob him in a launderette. Ron Croker was drying his clothes in Maltby, South Yorkshire, when the would-be robber burst in and demanded: "Give me you f****** money now!"

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'It was either me or him and I won,' British retiree says after beating back mugger (copy)

The 84-year-old says he wrapped jeans around his arm to protect himself during morning encounter.

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Maltby pensioner fights off launderette mugger with jeans

An elderly man fought off a masked robber using only a pair of jeans inside a launderette in Maltby, Rotherham, dramatic CCTV footage shows. Ron Croker, 84, was using the Coin-Op Launderette on 7 January when a man entered the premises demanding money from him. Footage from inside the business shows Croker, with a pair of jeans wrapped around his hand, shoving the attacker away from him before the man eventually flees. South Yorkshire Police sai…

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LONDON (AP) — An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger who tried to rob him at a laundry in the north of England. Ron Croker was drying his clothes last week when the masked thug accosted him at the unstaffed Coin-Op Launderette in Maltby in South Yorkshire. […]

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An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger who tried to rob him at a laundry in Northern England

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SINGAPORE: A British retiree used a pair of jeans to successfully fight off a robbery attempt at a laundromat in South Yorkshire, England, giving a new meaning to the term of pantsing someone. Read full story

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Ron Croker was inside the Coin-op Laundrette in Maltby, South Yorkshire, last Tuesday at 7.30am, when a masked robber burst in and demanded money.

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Pensioner, 84, fights off mugger with just a pair of jeans inside a launderette

Police said the suspect, identified as Lloyd Smith, 42, has been charged with attempted robbery.

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Man, 84, fights off launderette robber with pair of jeans in Maltby

An 84-year-old man got rid of a burglar with a pair of pants after having suffered an attempted robbery at a laundry room in southern Yorkshire, United Kingdom. According to the Associated Press, the elderly, Ron Croker, was in the laundry room folding his clothes when he was approached by a person wearing a mask. The moment was captured by video surveillance cameras. The assailant wanted to steal Croker's wallet, but as can be seen in the video…

Um homem, de 84 anos, livrou-se de um assaltante com um par de calças, depois de ter sofrido uma tentativa de assalto numa lavandaria, no sul de Yorkshire, Reino Unido.   Segundo conta a Associated Press, o idoso, Ron Croker, estava na lavandaria a dobrar a sua roupa, quando foi abordado por uma pessoa com máscara. O momento foi captado pelas câmaras de videovigilância. O assaltante queria roubar a carteira de Croker, mas, como é possível ver no…

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LONDON (AP) -- An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger half his age who tried to rob him at a laundry in the north of England.

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’It was either me or him and I won,’ British retiree says after beating back mugger

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