Vigilante Granny

[Iroquois]

This story comes out of Melbourne Australia.

Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down - - and shot off their testicles.

The old lady spent a week hunting those men down -- and when she found them, she took revenge on them in her own special way, said Melbourne ( Australia) police investigator Evan Delp.  Then she took a taxi to the nearest police station, laid the gun on the sergeant's desk and told him as calm as could be:

'Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by God.' Cops say convicted rapist and robber Davis Furth, 33, lost both his penis and his testicles when outraged Ava opened fire with a 9-mm pistol in the hotel room where he and former prison cellmate Stanley Thomas, 29, were holed up.

The wrinkled avenger also blew Thomas' testicles to kingdom come, but doctors managed to save his mangled penis, police said.  The one guy, Thomas, didn't lose his manhood, but the doctor I talked to said he won't be using it the way he used to, Detective Delp told reporters.  Both men are still in pretty bad shape, but I think they're just happy to be alive after what they've been through.

The Rambo Granny swung into action August 21 after her granddaughter Debbie was carjacked and raped in broad daylight by two knife-wielding creeps in a section of town bordering on skid row.  

"When I saw the look on my Debbie's face that night in the hospital, I decided I was going to go out and get those bastards myself 'cause I figured the Law would go easy on them," recalled the retired library worker.  "And I wasn't scared of them, either-- because I've got me a gun and I've been shootin' all my life.  And I wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."

So, using a police artist's sketch of the suspects and Debbie's description of the sickos', tough-as-nails Ava spent seven days prowling the wino-infested neighborhood where the crime took place till she spotted the ill fated rapists entering their flophouse hotel.

I knew it was them the minute I saw 'em, but I shot a picture of 'em anyway and took it back to Debbie and she said sure as hell, it was them, the oldster recalled.

So I went back to that hotel and found their room and knocked on the door and the minute the big one, Furth, opened the door, I shot 'em right square between the legs, right where it would really hurt 'em most, you know.  

Then I went in and shot the other one as he backed up pleading to me to spare him.  Then I went down to the police station and turned myself in.

Now, baffled lawmen are trying to figure out exactly how to deal with the vigilante granny.  What she did was wrong, and she broke the law, but it is difficult to throw an 81-year-old woman in prison, Det. Delp said, especially when 3 million people in the city want to nominate her for sainthood and a medal.

[ozzy72]

Moral of the story "Don't mess with grandma!"
My hat is off to that little old lady, yes what she did was wrong in the eyes of the law, but morally I think she definately has the high-ground
All hail Grandma

[Craig.]

I dont even think the law would see what she did as wrong in this case. I have a feeling very little will be done in the end, maybe a slap on the wrist. The two guys got a fair punishment for their crime, and i think if anything the grannys punishment is the knowledge of what they did to her granddaughter and the fact she had to do what she did. She does indeed deserve a medal, its just too bad there wernt more people like her.

[Hagar]

This is what happens when the law goes soft on criminals. Expect more of it, especially from the "old grannies" who are fed up with these bastards constantly getting away with it. It seems that the law is only concerned with criminals rights & it's about time they started putting the victim first.

I don't agree with vigilante action as there's always the chance of a dreadful mistake but in this case I take off my hat to this gutsy old lady. Good luck to her.

PS. If this happened in the UK I suspect she would be locked away for life & die in prison. I bet she would think it was worth it.

[Stormtropper]

Man she should've shot the second guy 2 more times.........just to make sure he lost everything. Those two punks got what they deserved, and I even hope they get thrown in prison for what they did

Now lets think for a minute.............will they lock those bastards up with the "male" criminals or the "female" criminals

And as for old granny, I would take a medal off of my chest and give it to her.........if I had one

Jeff

[Wing Nut]

That woman is my hero...    They SHOULD give her a medal...

[Jared]

lol...now that's taking the law into your own hands...

[ATI_7500]

And a memorial!  :o

[ozzy72]

A big statue with a plaque saying "Granny Ava 'Gunslinger' Estelle, don't mess with Granny!"