#self-defence tag

Billboards suggest Londoners 'escape' to Dubai to avoid phone theft

A UAE gym operator is offering free self-defence retreat places in Dubai to help Londoners respond to a surge in mobile phone thefts.

UK news

fromwww.standard.co.uk

1 week ago

Watch: Moment armed 'pickpocket' is tackled by martial arts champion on London Underground

Ivan Skoko, a 29-year-old Croatian black belt, wrestled and detained an alleged pickpocket on Borough Tube, holding him for 25 minutes until police arrived.

Miscellaneous

fromIndependent

3 weeks ago

Man guilty of murdering brother in stabbing after family funeral in Kerry

Fergus O'Connor was found guilty of murdering his brother Paudie O'Connor in Castleisland following a family funeral.

fromwww.cbc.ca

1 month ago

Crown reviewing assault charges laid against Lindsay, Ont., man who fought intruder | CBC News

Crown attorneys are reviewing assault charges laid by police against a Lindsay, Ont., man accused of attacking a home invader last month after an overnight break-in. A prosecutor on Thursday told Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay part of the city of Kawartha Lakes the Crown is reviewing evidence and still needs to "make its determinations about how the matter will proceed."

Toronto

#sexual-assault

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago