Hold-up victims laugh at gunman

A shopkeeper and his wife who were held at gunpoint at their shop in Suffolk laughed at a would-be armed robber - because they thought it was a prank.

George Gillett, 59, and wife Mavis, 54, were closing G and M Corner Shop in Waveney Crescent, Lowestoft, on Saturday, when the gunman came in.

He pointed a handgun at the couple and demanded the cash from the till.



But the couple burst out laughing and the man fled empty-handed. It was only later they realised the truth.

Mr Gillett said: "We know all the young people around here and thought it was a joke.

"Now we know what really happened we have been left a bit shaken up. He ran out and it was only when no-one came back in laughing that the truth dawned on us - we had actually been in an armed hold-up."