{"id":4531,"date":"2008-01-24T09:22:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T09:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/i-decided-to-die-like-a-man.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T09:22:05","slug":"i-decided-to-die-like-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/i-decided-to-die-like-a-man.html","title":{"rendered":"“I decided to die like a man”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tycoon fights against burglars who threaten his daughters life<\/a>. He started hitting back and took their gun away (which they shouldn’t have had because possession of a gun is illegal in England).<\/p>\n

A millionaire yesterday told how he fought off three armed burglars who were holding a knife to his daughter’s throat, saying he “would rather die like a man than a dog”.
\nBernard Dwyer, 51, was convinced he and his family were about to be killed so he chose to take on the men – hours after they had allegedly killed a restaurant owner, a court heard.
\n[…]
\nDespite being threatened with a gun, stabbed three times in the head and beaten unconscious with a knuckle-duster, Mr Dwyer fought back as one of his attackers screamed “kill the b******”.
\nHe managed to wrestle a gun from one of the masked raiders and chased them from his luxury home in Uxbridge, West London, in November 2006, the jury heard. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seems the criminals weren’t used to their victim fighting back.
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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