Who said armed self defence doesnt work? [the criminal decided he would run.]
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Chef with cleaver foils armed bandits with toy gun
BY DAN PROUDMAN, CHIEF POLICE REPORTER
31 Dec, 2011 04:00 AM
HE was a crook who thought a toy gun and a scarf across his face would be enough to frighten a group of chefs at a Coalfields club into handing over the night’s takings.
But the bandit, very short at about 163 centimetres, quickly realised he had bitten off more than he could chew when the first cook he encountered on Thursday about 8pm was a former soldier in the Chinese army who was not used to taking a backward step.

Miners Lamp Restaurant proprietor Ken Cai played down the role of his father Ju Cai, when describing how the 58-year-old was trying to manoeuvre the man into the Weston Workers Club’s main auditorium after being ordered to hand over cash.

Ken Cai also believes a language barrier could have caused the thief to think Mr Cai senior was being difficult when all he was asking was how much cash he wanted.

Then there is the fact that Mr Cai senior, and at least one other in the kitchen, had utensils in their hands, including a meat cleaver.

‘‘We were busy, so my father didn’t realise someone had slipped in until he was right there,’’ Ken Cai said yesterday.

‘‘He soon realised that the [gun] he had was not reasonable so that is why he started showing him around.’’

Police said the former Chinese soldier, with his extremely limited English, had tried to banter with the bandit before the criminal decided he would run.

‘‘He identified the weapon as not being a functioning firearm and challenged the offender that it was, in fact, a toy,’’ Inspector Dave Robinson said.

The bandit was described as wearing a black hooded top with a dark cloth across his face, black pants with a white stripe and white running shoes.


http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...n/2407056.aspx