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A burglar picked the wrong house to raid when he ended up being chased and caught by an international kickboxer.
When four-months pregnant Tracey Lowe heard a noise in the living room at Harcourt Road, Cradley Heath, at 3am she thought it was her son Richard Cole, 20, coming home late. But when she went to see what was going on she found herself in the living room face to face with an intruder.
Her screams alerted Richard, who will represent England at the World Kickboxing Championships in the summer, and her husband Duncan, who is a first dan black belt in the sport, and they gave chase.
Tracey, aged 38, an advertising sales executive, said: “When I opened the living room door I expected to see Richard but there was a stranger just standing there staring at me.
“It was like that for several seconds, it was surreal. Then I just screamed and Richard and Duncan came running down the stairs.
“The burglar fled through the kitchen window where he came in and they raced after him in their pants.”Civil engineer Duncan, 28, returned to fetch his car as Richard pursued the crook over neighbouring properties.
The chase ended when he caught the thief on nearby rail tracks where he pinned him down, despite a violent struggle.
Have-a-go hero Richard, aged 20, restrained the man for around 15 minutes until officers with dogs located them.
Tracey added: “The police were so pleased and thanked Richard for his bravery.”
Richard said he was motivated by the anger that his pregnant mum had been scared and his 12-year-old sister Elle was asleep upstairs at the time.
He said: “I just thought ‘you’re not getting away from me’. I caught him by Old Hill station at the side of the tracks.
The burglar, who struck on Monday smashed Elle’s laptop after dropping it in the chase.
16 Comments
Shame they didnt catch him and give the robbing git a bloody good hiding
Fair play. Got more than they bargined!!
Good on um, skum like that deserve a good kicking
good, serves him right!!! scumbag!
HE SHOULD HAVE KICKED HIM ALL AROUND CRADLEY,BUT THEN YOU’LL SEE THE LOONEY PC HUMAN RIGHT LAWYERS QUEUEING UP TO DEFEND THIS LOWLIFE,AND PROBABLY GET COMPO FOR HIS BRUISES,LETS SEE MORE HEROES LIKE THIS KICKING SCUM IN TO THE JUTTER WERE THEY BELONG ON YA,AND GOOD LUCK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Not one, but two martial artists. I have to wonder though, why even mention their pants?
I REALLY wish they caught him. Justice would have been swift.
How did the burglar get in their pants?
Only problem if they had caught the git would be that we british have no right to defend our property as we would be immediately guilty of harrasing the theiving scum who seem to have more rights than the honest citizen. Pity this burglar didn’t die of heart failure running away.
Come on folks, read the article… Right in the very first paragraph:
“A burglar picked the wrong house to raid when he ended up being chased and caught by an international kickboxer.”
See the “chased AND caught”?
Good story though.
WELL DONE RICHARD ! I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. AFTER MY FEW YEARS OF KARATE I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO DO THE SAME.OF COURSE IN THIS STUPID POLITICALLY CORRECT WORLD THE THIEF IS ALWAYS RIGHT AND THE VICTIM WRONG.BUT I KNOW A WELL PLACED KICK LEAVES THE RECEIVER THINKING ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME.EVEN WHEN IT’S THREE OF YOUR OWN RIBS THAT RECEIVE IT IN CLASSES !
AND THEN HE’S COME OFF BETTER THAN WITH HIS HAND CHOPPED OFF CHARIA -STYLE.AS SOME PEOPLE IN THE MIDLANDS WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
goood on ya mate my friend Hayley has got a kikboxing compo this saterday.GO HAYLEY!!!!
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Great story and a great victory for common sense in that the police didn’t arrest the victim as usually happens in these situations.
Great story, great video!!!!
Nice result, but will the lousy git give up doing his thieving habit, I doubt it, they never learn, shouldn’t have called the police, you should have tied him to the track, and made sure the train was on time, that would be one scumbag less. GOOD LUCK IN THE OLYMPICS.
Yes but would the train have been on time? there’s a question…