Fearless gran sees off knife raider

A fearless granny has told how she bravely stood up to a knife-wielding robber after he burst into her store and demanded cash from the tills.

Gutsy Ann Dix was behind the counter at Stowmarket party suppliers Phosphene when the man thrust a nine-inch carving knife towards her and said: “Put the money in the bag.”

But the knifeman got more than he bargained for when Mrs Dix refused and, grabbing a knife she had nearby, replied: “If you use yours, I'll use mine.”



The startled robber, whose face was covered by a scarf and a hooded jumper, repeated his demand three times, before giving up and fleeing on foot.

Mrs Dix, a Stowmarket-born grandmother-of-three, said: “I have been through so much this year I just thought 'that's it'.

“I recently lost my mother and it really hit me. Two other people I know also died and my husband is waiting for heart surgery. I work 50 or 60 hours a week building up the business and I wasn't going to let him get away with any money.”

With video interview with Mrs Dix.