Tea cannot normally be thought of as the deadliest of weapons.
Well done to shopkeeper Varsha Patel then for chucking the drink at armed robbers in her Bedfordshire store when they tried to nick cash.
“I have never been one to sit back and let people bully me. I suppose you could say I’m no shrinking violet,” she told the Metro.
After her act of bravery, the villains got away with just a scratch card dispenser.
Other deterrents could include: gobstoppers (thrown with force could leave a nasty bruise), Twiglets (the rough bits would really sting) or the new giant French Fancy (could totally flatten them).
Seriously, though, a great move by Mrs Patel and we should all raise our cups of steaming Tetley’s to her.
