He was carrying a gun with intent to rob. She was behind the till at a Tesco petrol station.
With the odds so heavily in his favour the gunman must have thought the next few seconds would be a breeze.
With the odds so heavily in his favour the gunman must have thought the next few seconds would be a breeze.
He had not, however, allowed for the formidable Linda Faulkner.
Instead of surrendering the £15 cash from her till, the 51-year-old turned to the raider and told him she was too busy to deal with him.
"I just got on with it," she said. "British people don't stop work just because someone is trying to bully us with guns."
Yesterday David Collinson, 42, was beginning a seven-year jail sentence after he was convicted of robbery at Gloucester Crown Court.
Judge Martin Picton paid tribute to Miss Faulkner with a £200 court award and told her she had shown ' remarkable courage' in standing up to the armed raider.
"I just got on with it," she said. "British people don't stop work just because someone is trying to bully us with guns."
Yesterday David Collinson, 42, was beginning a seven-year jail sentence after he was convicted of robbery at Gloucester Crown Court.
Judge Martin Picton paid tribute to Miss Faulkner with a £200 court award and told her she had shown ' remarkable courage' in standing up to the armed raider.
**If we had more fine people like her in this nation then I am sure the country would be in a far better state. Even with the worthless shower of turds that we have filling the House of Commons.
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