With the help of her devoted dog Cane, fearless Eve Watson, 55, of Torquay, Devon, England, was able to bravely fight back when a hooded intruder brandishing a knife jumped over the counter of her liquor store and demanded money from the store’s cash register.
As Watson grabbed a nearby knife and pulled down the intruder’s hood to expose his face to the store’s close circuit TV camera, Watson’s loyal six-year-old dog Cane then leapt to her defense by taking several bites between the man’s legs.
The cowardly raider then hopped back over the counter before fleeing empty-handed.
Watson, who lives above the Bargain Booze shop with her husband Glynne, 65, said: ”There was no way I was giving in without a fight.”
The drama unfolded at around 1pm on Saturday when the hooded thief walked into the shop, headed towards the cash register and screamed at Watson’s 24-year-old assistant Laura, to give him the money.
Watson refused to open the register before grabbing a nearby knife as Cane came running towards them.
She added: ”I heard the commotion, walked over to the register, said to him ‘are you having a laugh?’ and then I grabbed him.”
”He was holding a knife up and threatening us with it.”
”That was when I saw the knife lying on the side. I picked it up and told him: ‘So you want to play with knives do you?’.
”We had a good old scrap and I think he cut his hand on the knife.
”He was a chancer that saw two women alone in a shop and assumed it would be easy, but I think he got more than he bargained for.
”Cane was jumping up and down and bit him at least three times in the crotch. I don’t think he drew blood but the attacker leapt over the counter and ran off.”
Devon and Cornwall Police yesterday commended Watson for her bravery and launched an appeal to find the culprit.
He is described as a white male, aged 23 to 25 with fair hair who has a thin face with an acne marked face and wearing jeans and dark trainers.
what a woman !! what a dog!!