'He must have thought two old people, we are more vulnerable. I don't think he expected us to do what we did.'
Dramatic footage captured the moment two brave jewellers fought off an armed robber inside their shop.
The couple say the man visited Abelsons in St Ann's Arcade earlier in the day before returning armed with a claw hammer just before midday.Ms Abelson said the man, who was dressed in black clothing, asked to look at a necklace and diamond bracelet, which he claimed were 'for his girlfriend'."He said 'give them to me'," she said. "My husband started screaming and I set the panic alarm off.
The couple were not injured in the terrifying incident and the culprit left empty-handed. The shop reopened as normal on Tuesday morning. Malcolm and Elsie took over the business more than 50 years ago and say it was the first incident time they had experienced an incident of this nature.
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